{{Short description|American football coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = David Stant | image = | alt = David H. Stant | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Keio | current_conference = Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = ???? | player_team1 = Southern Oregon | player_years2 = ???? | player_team2 = Arizona Western | player_years3 = 1987-1989 | player_team3 = Hawaii | player_positions = Linebacker, Defensive lineman | coach_years1 = 1990-1992 | coach_team1 = Obic (DC/OC) | coach_years2 = 1993-1999 | coach_team2 = Obic | coach_years3 = 2003-2006 | coach_team3 = IBM Big Blue | coach_years4 = 2007-2012 | coach_team4 = Kamehameha Schools Kapalāma (HI) HS | coach_years5 = 2013-present | coach_team5 = Keio University | overall_record =135-71-2 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | CFbDWID = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''David Stant''' is a football coach; currently head coach of the Keio Unicorns. ==Playing career==
===High school=== Stant graduated from Kahuku High School in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stant named head football coach at Kamehameha|publisher=Honolulu Advitiser|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/15/sp/FP702150370.html|accessdate=April 6, 2016}}</ref>
===College=== After high school Stant played for Southern Oregon, until a knee injury ended his career.<ref name="Surf">{{cite web|url=http://www.outdoorjapan.com/magazine/story_details/361|title=Surf to Turf|last=Miyoshi|first=Rie|date=|website=|publisher=Outdoor Japan|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=April 6, 2016}}</ref> He would later go on to play linebacker at Arizona Western on scholarship, then at Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Stant|publisher=Sports Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/david-stant-1.html|accessdate=April 6, 2016}}</ref>
===X-League=== Stant did not enter the NFL draft, but rather went to Japan to play in the X-League 1990 after being scouted by the Recruit Seagulls.<ref name="Surf"/> He started his coaching career for the Seagulls after the X-League ruled against allowing import foreign players at that time..
==Coaching career== ===Obic=== In 1990, the Recruit Seagulls hired Stant to also be defensive coordinator. He also took over as offensive coordinator the next season and was promoted to head coach the next season 1993 and stayed through 1999. He would then serve as a consultant for the team the next three seasons.
===IBM=== In 2003, the IBM Big Blue hired Stant as their new head coach. He would stay with the team until 2006, where he compiled a 9–11–1 record.
===Kamehameha Schools Kapālama High School=== In February 2007, Stant was selected to serve as Kamehameha Schools Kapālama High School's new varsity head football coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/15/sp/FP702150370.html|title=Stant named head football coach at Kamehameha|last=Kaneshiro|first=Stacy|date=February 15, 2007|website=thehonoluluadvertiser.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> He would lead the Warriors to an HHSAA state championship and an ILH championship in 2009. The Warriors would also finish 2nd in the ILD Division II in the following 3 seasons before Stant stepped down as head coach to take the head coaching position at Keio University in Japan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/02/08/sports/stant-leaves-kamehameha-to-coach-college-football-in-japan/|title=Stant leaves Kamehameha to coach college football in Japan|last=Honda|first=Paul|date=2013-02-08|work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
===Keio University=== In 2013, Stant became the head coach of the Keio Unicorns.<ref name="Surf"/>
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|poll=both|team=|bowl=|conf=}} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Keio Unicorns | conf = Kanto League | startyear = 2013 | endyear = present }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2013 | name = Keio | overall = 9–5 | conference = 6–4 | confstanding = 3rd (Conference B) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2014 | name = Keio | overall = 10–5 | conference = 8–3 | confstanding = 3rd (Top 8) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2015 | name = Keio | overall = 10-5 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = 4th (Top 8) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 =
}} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2016 | name = Keio | overall = 11-4 | conference = 6–4 | confstanding = 2nd (Top 8) | bowlname = Tokyo Bowl | bowloutcome = L,(Ritsumeikan) 6-44 | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 =
}} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2017 | name = Keio | overall = 5-9 | conference = 4–8 | confstanding = 5th (Top 8) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 =
}} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Keio | overall = 45–28 | confrecord = 32–23 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 0-0 | poll = }}
===X-League=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- ! Won !! Lost !! Ties !! Win % !! Finish !! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result |- ! Obic || 1993 || 3 || 2 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|3|2|0}}|| 3rd in East Division || — || — || — || — |- ! Obic || 1994 || 4 || 1 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|1|0}}|| 2nd in East Division || — || — || — || — |-! style="background:#fdd;" ! Obic || 1995 || 5|| 0 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|5|0|0}}|| '''1st in East Division''' || 1 || 1 || .500 || <small>'''Lost to Matsushita Denko Impulse in Tokyo Super Bowl IX'''</small> |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" ! Obic || 1996 || 4 || 1 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|1|0}}|| '''1st in Central Division''' || 4 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Tokyo Super Bowl X Champions'''</small><br><small>'''50th Rice Bowl Champions'''</small> |- ! Obic || 1997 || 4|| 2 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|2|0}}|| 3rd in Central Division || — || — || — || — |-! style="background:#FDE910;" ! Obic || 1998 || 4|| 1 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|1|0}}|| 2nd in Central Division || 4 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Tokyo Super Bowl XXII Champions'''</small><br><small>'''52nd Rice Bowl Champions'''</small> |-! style="background:#fdd;" ! Obic || 1999 || 4|| 1 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|1|0}}|| 2nd in Central Division || 1 || 1 || .500 ||<small>'''Lost to Kajima Deers in Semi-finals match'''</small> |- ! colspan="2"|Obic Total||28||8||0||.778||||10||2||.833|| |- ! IBM || 2003 || 0 || 5 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|0|5|0}}|| 6th in East Division || — || — || — || — |- ! IBM || 2004 || 1 || 3 || 1 || {{Winning percentage|1|3|1}}|| 4th in East Division || — || — || — || — |- ! IBM || 2005 || 4 || 1 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|1|0}}|| 3rd in Central Division || — || — || — || — |- ! IBM || 2006 || 4 || 2 || 0 || {{Winning percentage|4|2|0}}|| 3rd in East Division || — || — || — || — |- ! colspan="2"|IBM Total||9||11||1||{{Winning percentage|9|11|1}}||||—||—||—|| |- ! colspan="2"|Total||37||19||1||{{Winning percentage|37|19|1}}||||10||2||{{Winning percentage|10|2}}|| |}
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==External links== {{Portal|Hawaii|Biography|College Football}} *[http://www.keio-unicorns.com/team_staff.html] at Keio Unicorns {{Keio Unicorns football navbox}} {{Collegiate American Football in Japan navbox}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stant, David}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:American football linebackers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players Category:Southern Oregon Raiders football players Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:X-League (Japan) coaches