Men's Basketball Coaching Staff

Stan Spirou
Head Coach

There isn't much Stan Spirou hasn't accomplished since being named head men's basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University in 1985.

The 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1999 New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year, Spirou has averaged an impressive 22 wins per season and has led the program to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, four NCAA Regional titles and six NECC Tournament championships.

In addition, he was named the 1994 national Coach of the Year by Division II Bulletin. The winningest coach in the proud history of Penmen Basketball, he recorded his 400th career win during the 2003-04 season and his winning percentage of .707 (448-186) is the highest among all active Division II coaches in New England.

From 1992 to 1995 Spirou guided SNHU to an impressive 84-15 record and three straight appearances in the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Tournament. Also during that span, SNHU became the first team in the history of the NECC to capture three-straight league tournament titles.

Well respected throughout the New England coaching ranks, Spirou served as President of the New England Basketball Coaches Association from 1994 to 1996.

Spirou was named head coach at SNHU on July 2, 1985 and led the Penmen to a 24-7 mark in his rookie season. A year later he would earn New England Division II Coach of the Year honors after piloting SNHU to a 24-8 record and its first NCAA Tournament Regional title since the program captured back-to-back regional crowns in 1980 and 1981.

Success has been the common denominator where ever Spirou has coached, first while building Manchester Central High School into a state power, and later as an assistant coach at SNHU under Tom Sullivan. Spirou compiled a four-year record of 80-22 at Central and led the Little Green to a pair of Class L state titles in 1979 and 1981 before joining Sullivan's staff in 1982. He was inducted into the Central High School Hall of Fame in 1998.

A school-boy standout at Central, Spirou earned a basketball scholarship to Keene State College, where he lettered two years for the Owls. He received his bachelor's degree in history from KSC in 1974 and later earned a master's degree in school administration from Antioch University in 1979.

An avid golfer, Spirou is also involved in numerous activities in the Manchester community. He is the director of the popular New Hampshire All-Star Basketball Camp which runs every summer at SNHU, and also serves as honorary coach of the New Hampshire Special Olympics team. In addition, he holds free basketball clinics in his native country of Greece every summer.

A long-time resident of Manchester, he was inducted into the Queen City Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. He and his wife, Patricia, have three children. Twin daughters Kelly and Christina are graduates of the University of New Hampshire, while Chuck is a graduate of SNHU.