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Nathan Stover

  • Title
    Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
  • Email
    nastove1@wsc.edu
  • Phone
    402-375-7728
Nathan Stover is in his 10th year (2025-26) as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach for Wayne State College.

Wayne State posted records of 16-13 overall and 10-12 in the NSIC (10th place) during the 2024-25 season.  It was the fifth straight winning season for the Wildcats, a feat not accomplished since WSC men's basketball had nine straight winning years from 1961-70.  Wayne State led the NSIC in turnover margin (3.52), turnovers created (13.9), blocked shots (3.66) and steals (9.38) per game during the 24-25 season.  

The Wildcats finished the 2023-24 season at 16-14 overall and 9-13 in the NSIC (tie for 8th).  WSC started the season at 7-0, the second-best ever start for a Wildcat men's basketball team trailing only the 8-0 start by the 1937-38 team.  Wayne State led the NSIC in turnovers created (12.2) and steals per game (6.97) while ranking second in turnover margin (2.27), scoring defense (67.9) and free throw percentage (.767). 

WSC won a third NSIC South Division title in the last five seasons in the 2022-23 season going 18-11 overall and 13-9 in the NSIC South Division.  It marked the sixth time in seven years that Wayne State increased its win total under Stover. 

Wayne State was 14-12 overall and finished third in the NSIC South Division at 11-8 during the 2021-22 campaign.  The 'Cats led the NSIC in turnover margin (+3.12) and steals per game (7.38).

Stover helped coach the Wildcats to a second NSIC South Division title in three years in the 2021 season, posting an 11-7 record and 10-4 mark in the NSIC South Division.  WSC earned the #4 seed to the NCAA Central Regional, marking the first time in 21 years that the Wildcats qualified for the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Tournament. 

The Wildcats improved their season win total in the first three seasons under Stover as WSC finished 21-10 overall in 2018-19 and won a share of the NSIC South Division regular season title with a 14-8 league mark. Wayne State led the NSIC in turnovers created for a second straight season (13.8) and also topped the league in turnover margin (+3.45) and steals per game (7.3).

Stover helped the Wildcats to a four-game improvement in the 2017-18 season as WSC finished 14-17 and 9-13 in the NSIC. The Wildcats lowered their scoring defensive average by another 2.3 points compared to the previous season and created a league high 13.5 turnovers per game.

In his first season (2016-17) at Wayne State, Stover helped the Wildcats double its win total from the previous season, going 10-19 after inheriting a team that was 5-24. Under Stover, the Wildcat defense improved 10 spots in the NSIC going from 16th at 85.1 points a game in 2015-16 to sixth at 75.8 points per contest in the 2016-17 campaign. 

Stover came to Wayne State after serving the last 11 years as assistant coach at Valley City State University in North Dakota where he also worked as the intramural director at VCSU.  Stover helped turn around a Viking basketball program, recording five 20-win seasons in nine years to go with two NAIA national tournament appearances while posting a 183-144 overall record.

Stover helped coach the Vikings to a 22-11 record and a share of the North Star Athletic Association regular season title.  Valley City State also advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament and finished the season ranked #21 in the final NAIA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.  VCSU also advanced to the NAIA national tournament in the 2012-13 season under Stover with a 23-7 mark.

Prior to arriving at Valley City State, Stover spent four years in the high school coaching ranks serving three seasons (2002-05) as the head boys basketball coach at Jamestown High School in North Dakota.  He was also the head girls and head boys basketball coach at Harvey High School in North Dakota during the 2001-02 year.

Stover got his start in collegiate coaching as a student assistant coach at North Dakota State working under Tom Billeter and Ray Giacoletti.  He was later moved up to graduate assistant coach from 1999-2001 and worked under Greg McDermott (former WSC head coach and current Creighton head coach) and Ben Jacobson (head coach at Northern Iowa).

Stover graduated from Valley City State University in 1999 with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education and obtained his master's degree in sport management from North Dakota State in 2006. 

Nathan and his wife, Kristin, have two children - a daughter Kayleigh (10) and son Ethan (7).

updated 7/10/25

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