Kaspar Set To Enter SFA Hall of Fame

“I am both honored and humbled to be inducted to the Stephen F. Austin Athletic Hall of Fame,” Kaspar said. “It was a great 13-year experience for me and my players, assistant coaches, managers and my wife Debbie.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Texas State men’s basketball coach Danny Kaspar is slated to be inducted into the Stephen F. Austin University Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend.

The current Bobcat leader spent 13 years with the Lumberjacks from 2000 to 2013 before coming to San Marcos.

Kaspar will enter the SFA Hall of Fame alongside men’s basketball stars Marcus Clark and the late Pete Harris. Gridiron star Leonard Harris will also be inducted Oct. 27 as part of SFA’s 2018 Homecoming festivities.

“I am both honored and humbled to be inducted to the Stephen F. Austin Athletic Hall of Fame,” Kaspar said. “It was a great 13-year experience for me and my players, assistant coaches, managers and my wife Debbie. They all deserve a great amount of the credit for this prestigious award. I am very thankful to have had the opportunity to coach at SFA.”

Courtesy SFAJacks.com

Time and time again throughout the tenure of the longest-reigning bench boss in SFA’s NCAA Division I history, Danny Kaspar redefined the meaning of success for the Lumberjack men’s basketball team. Through his 13-year run in Nacogdoches, Kaspar racked up a 246-141 (.636) record which featured the program’s second-highest win total by a head coach all-time.

Prior to his installation as head coach before the start of the 2000-01 season, SFA had posted just a single 20-win season since becoming a full-fledged NCAA Division I member in 1986-87. By the time he departed following the 2012-13 campaign Kaspar has engineered no fewer than seven 20-win campaigns, three of which (2007-08, 2008-09 and 2012-13) yielded Southland Conference regular season titles.

A two-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2007-08 and 2012-13), Kaspar led the ‘Jacks to NIT appearances in 2008 and 2013 and also delivered the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 2009 when the ‘Jacks won the Southland Conference Tournament.