The Bobcat Nation

For those of you who don't know who he was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Starner

My wife and I got to visit him last Wednesday before he died. He was a great coach, mentor and male role model
for me. I will miss him.

Rest in Peace Coach Starner. Quite the life he lived as a coach and later as a major donations fund raiser for a number of different institutions in Texas, Michigan and back at MSU.

Interesting side note, as I was reading an old article from when the Bobcats first hired him as a head men's bball coach, one of the finalists for the job was George Karl, who at the time, was coaching in the old CBA in Great Falls - the Montana Golden Nuggets.

Domako wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 9:33 am

My wife and I got to visit him last Wednesday before he died. He was a great coach, mentor and male role model
for me. I will miss him.

I figured you'd have a response here, Tom. I was still in a diaper in the mid 80's, but my parents raved about Bobcat basketball during the Starner/Ferch/Domako era. Grew up in Livingston and the so the Ferch brothers were local legends. Condolences on losing such a great mentor.

Condolences to his family and friends... RIP coach

Sat right in front of him during the Fish era. Great guy, will miss him.

Starner's teams were to fun to watch. They played hard and intense. He was a Bobcat through and through. I believe he even came back to Bozeman after his daughter passed away and led the MSU Foundation for a short time.

RIP coach....