Danny Kaspar

Daniel Joseph Kaspar (born November 16, 1954) is a former American college basketball coach. Kaspar served as men's basketball head coach at the University of the Incarnate Word, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Texas State University. He has also been an assistant coach at Lamar, Midwestern State and Baylor.

Early life Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kaspar graduated from Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi in 1973. He then attended Texas A&I University, a NAIA program at the time, and played shooting guard on the Texas A&I Javelinas basketball team for one year. He then transferred to McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas and North Texas State University. On the North Texas State Mean Green basketball team, Kaspar averaged 7 points as a junior in 1976–77 and 4.2 points as a senior in 1977–78. Kaspar graduated from North Texas State in 1978.

Coaching career Kaspar began his career as an assistant coach to Billy Tubbs at Division I Lamar University in the 1979–80 season, a season when Lamar finished the regular season first in the Southland Conference and advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. In 1980, Kaspar became an assistant coach at Division II Midwestern State.

From 1986 to 1991, Kaspar was an assistant to Gene Iba at Baylor.

Incarnate Word (1991–2000) Kaspar was head coach at the NAIA program Incarnate Word for nine seasons from 1991 to 2000 and had a 219–52 record there. Stephen F. Austin had six seasons with 20 or more wins under Kaspar's tenure, four regular season Southland Conference championships, and made the 2009 NCAA tournament after winning the Southland tournament that year. The investigation was launched after former player Jaylen Shead stated Kaspar dropped "a series of N-bombs around African-American players." Shead went on to reveal several of the racially charged remarks aimed at his African-American and European players, including saying that Shead was "running like the cops are behind him" during drills, telling another Black player he would be working at Popeyes due to his grades, and threatening to deport a European player if he kept "messing up." On September 22, 2020, Kaspar announced his resignation from Texas State.

Head coaching record

1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic