# Neale Stoner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neale_Stoner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neale_Stoner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neale_Stoner > Source revision: 1356019638 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American college athletics coach and administrator (died 2023)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Neale Stoner | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1936 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2023|2|14|86}} | death_place = [Escondido, California](/source/Escondido%2C_California), U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Men's basketball | player_years2 = 1960–1962 | player_team2 = [Orange County State](/source/Cal_State_Fullerton_Titans_men's_basketball) | player_sport3 = Men's tennis | player_years4 = 1961–1962 | player_team4 = [Orange County State](/source/Cal_State_Fullerton_Titans) | player_positions = | coach_sport1 = Men's basketball | coach_years2 = 1966–1969 | coach_team2 = [UC San Diego](/source/UC_San_Diego_Tritons_men's_basketball) | coach_years3 = 1969–1972 | coach_team3 = [Cal Poly](/source/Cal_Poly_Mustangs_men's_basketball) | coach_sport4 = Men's golf | coach_years5 = 1993–2000 | coach_team5 = [San Diego State](/source/San_Diego_State_Aztecs_men's_golf) | coach_sport6 = Men's tennis | coach_years7 = 1963–1964 | coach_team7 = [Orange State](/source/Cal_State_Fullerton_Titans_tennis) | coach_years8 = 1966–1968 | coach_team8 = [UC San Diego](/source/UC_San_Diego_Tritons_men's_tennis) | admin_years1 = 1972–1979 | admin_team1 = [Cal State Fullerton](/source/Cal_State_Fullerton_Titans) | admin_years2 = 1980–1988 | admin_team2 = [Illinois](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini) | admin_years3 = 1990–1992 | admin_team3 = [California Bowl](/source/California_Bowl) (exec. dir.) | overall_record = 86–65 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Neale R. Stoner''' (1936 – February 14, 2023) was an American college athletics coach and administrator. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the [University of California, San Diego](/source/UC_San_Diego_Tritons_men's_basketball) from 1966 to 1969 and at [California Polytechnic State University](/source/California_Polytechnic_State_University) from 1969 to 1972, compiling a career [college basketball](/source/college_basketball) coaching record of 86–65. Stoner was the [athletic director](/source/athletic_director) at [California State University, Fullerton](/source/California_State_University%2C_Fullerton) from 1972 to 1979 and at the [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign) from 1980 to 1988. ==Education== Stoner attended [Montebello High School](/source/Montebello_High_School) and [Fullerton Junior College](/source/Fullerton_College). He graduated from Orange County State College in 1962 and received a Master of Education from [California Polytechnic State University](/source/California_Polytechnic_State_University) in 1975. ==Playing career== At Orange County State College—now known as [California State University, Fullerton](/source/California_State_University%2C_Fullerton)—Stoner played two years (1961 and 1962 seasons) on both the varsity men's basketball squad and tennis team. He played on the first Orange County State College men's basketball squad in the 1960–61 season, coached by Alex Omalev, which had a record 16–14. In 30 games played that season he averaged 13.9 points per game, scored 418 points total, and shot 84% from the free throw line. ==Coaching career== At Orange State College, Stoner coached [Anaheim High School](/source/Anaheim_High_School) and [Fullerton Junior College](/source/Fullerton_Junior_College) alumni tennis players Mike Bouck and Stan Kula for the Titans.{{Cite web |url=http://cifss.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Boys-Tennis-Records.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813145758/http://cifss.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Boys-Tennis-Records.pdf |url-status=dead }} During the 1962–63 tennis season at Orange State College he coached Rosalie Passovoy, who played on the Titans men's tennis team. Passovoy is the only female to have lettered on a male varsity sport program at the university. ==Death== Stoner died on February 14, 2023, at the age of 86, in [Escondido, California](/source/Escondido%2C_California).{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Matt |title=Former Illinois athletic director Stoner passes away |url=https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/former-illinois-athletic-director-stoner-passes-away/article_837b5f3e-4f79-57e7-be15-fe64b30e1cc9.html |newspaper=[The News-Gazette](/source/The_News-Gazette_(Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana)) |location=[Champaign, Illinois](/source/Champaign%2C_Illinois) |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Former Athletics Director Neale Stoner Passes Away Tuesday |url=https://www.fullertontitans.com/general/2022-23/releases/20230216um73dc |publisher=[California State University, Fullerton](/source/California_State_University%2C_Fullerton) |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305165008/https://www.fullertontitans.com/general/2022-23/releases/20230216um73dc |url-status=dead }} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{navboxes |list= {{Cal State Fullerton Titans men's tennis coach navbox}} {{UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball coach navbox}} {{Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball coach navbox}} {{Cal State Fullerton Titans athletic director navbox}} {{Illinois Fighting Illini athletic director navbox}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoner, Neale}} Category:1936 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball coaches Category:Cal State Fullerton Titans athletic directors Category:Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball players Category:Cal State Fullerton Titans men's tennis coaches Category:Cal State Fullerton Titans men's tennis players Category:Illinois Fighting Illini athletic directors Category:San Diego State Aztecs men's golf coaches Category:UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball coaches Category:UC San Diego Tritons men's tennis coaches Category:College football bowl executives Category:California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, alumni Category:Tennis coaches from California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Neale Stoner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neale_Stoner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neale_Stoner?action=history)). 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