| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Keio |
| Conference | Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association |
| Playing career | |
| ???? | Southern Oregon |
| ???? | Arizona Western |
| 1987-1989 | Hawaii |
| Position(s) | Linebacker, Defensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990-1992 | Obic (DC/OC) |
| 1993-1999 | Obic |
| 2003-2006 | IBM Big Blue |
| 2007-2012 | Kamehameha Schools Kapalāma (HI) HS |
| 2013-present | Keio University |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 135-71-2 |
David Stant is a football coach; currently head coach of the Keio Unicorns.
Stant graduated from Kahuku High School in 1981.[1]
After high school Stant played for Southern Oregon, until a knee injury ended his career.[2] He would later go on to play linebacker at Arizona Western on scholarship, then at Hawaii.[3]
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.[2] He started his coaching career for the Seagulls after the X-League ruled against allowing import foreign players at that time..
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.
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.
In February 2007, Stant was selected to serve as Kamehameha Schools Kapālama High School's new varsity head football coach.[4] 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.[5]
In 2013, Stant became the head coach of the Keio Unicorns.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio Unicorns (Kanto League) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Keio | 9–5 | 6–4 | 3rd (Conference B) | |||||
| 2014 | Keio | 10–5 | 8–3 | 3rd (Top 8) | |||||
| 2015 | Keio | 10-5 | 8–4 | 4th (Top 8) | |||||
| 2016 | Keio | 11-4 | 6–4 | 2nd (Top 8) | L,(Ritsumeikan) 6-44 Tokyo Bowl | ||||
| 2017 | Keio | 5-9 | 4–8 | 5th (Top 8) | |||||
| Keio: | 45–28 | 32–23 | |||||||
| Total: | 0-0 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| Obic | 1993 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3rd in East Division | — | — | — | — |
| Obic | 1994 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2nd in East Division | — | — | — | — |
| Obic | 1995 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st in East Division | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Matsushita Denko Impulse in Tokyo Super Bowl IX |
| Obic | 1996 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1st in Central Division | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Tokyo Super Bowl X Champions 50th Rice Bowl Champions |
| Obic | 1997 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 3rd in Central Division | — | — | — | — |
| Obic | 1998 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2nd in Central Division | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Tokyo Super Bowl XXII Champions 52nd Rice Bowl Champions |
| Obic | 1999 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2nd in Central Division | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Kajima Deers in Semi-finals match |
| Obic Total | 28 | 8 | 0 | .778 | 10 | 2 | .833 | |||
| IBM | 2003 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 6th in East Division | — | — | — | — |
| IBM | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 4th in East Division | — | — | — | — |
| IBM | 2005 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 3rd in Central Division | — | — | — | — |
| IBM | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 3rd in East Division | — | — | — | — |
| IBM Total | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | — | — | — | |||
| Total | 37 | 19 | 1 | .658 | 10 | 2 | .833 | |||
