ASSISTANT COACHES:

Greg Lansing Associate Head Coach Second Season

Greg Lansing begins his second season in his second stint with the Indiana State basketball program. He is beginning his first year as associate head coach under Kevin McKenna.

Lansing returned to Indiana State after a seven year stint with the Iowa Hawkeyes. During Lansing’s seven years as assistant coach, the Hawkeye’s went 135-92, received three NCAA Tournament invitations, three NIT appearances and won a pair of Big Ten tournament titles, the first of which came on four wins in four games making Iowa the first team in the Big Ten to accomplish such a feat.

In 2005-06, Iowa earned a 25-9 record, the second-most wins in school history, the first undefeated (17-0) home record in the schools history and a No. 3 spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Iowa earned seven All-Big Ten selections, 17 Academic All-Big Ten selections and four Academic All-Americans. Lansing contributed to four of the last five Big Ten rebounding champions, three straight conference leaders in blocked shots and, the league’s 2005-06 defensive player of the year. Three of his student-athletes reached the NBA and two from the 2005-06 team were invited to NBA camps.

In Lansing’s final two seasons at Indiana State the Sycamores posted back-to-back winning campaigns for the first time since 1979 and 1980. When the Sycamores posted a 16-11 record in 1998 it marked the
first winning season for Indiana State since 1980. In 1999 Indiana State was 15-12, with wins over NCAA participants Creighton and Missouri State. Indiana State advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2000 and 2001.

Prior to joining the staff at Indiana State, Lansing was the head basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Roosevelt had not had a winning season in 12 years before Lansing’s initial season. The Roughriders went on to have back-to-back winning seasons under Greg’s direction.

Lansing earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Dakota in 1990 and a master’s degree in counseling from USD in 1992.

As a member of the Coyote basketball team Lansing helped South Dakota reach the NCAA Division II Tournament during his junior and senior seasons, the first NCAA invitation for USD since 1954. He was
twice named the South Dakota Defensive Player of the Year and as a senior he earned conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. Greg is currently ranked among the leaders in career assists at USD.

Following his playing career, Lansing served as a graduate assistant coach at South Dakota for two seasons. In 1992-93 he was a full-time assistant.

Greg’s father, Dave Lansing, coached high school basketball for 33 years in Iowa. Dave Lansing was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Coaches Hall of Fame during the 1999 Iowa boys state basketball tournament.

Lansing’s dad, his mother, Diane, his sister, Angela, and his nephew,Jordan, live in West Des Moines. His brother, Steve, is the head basketball coach at Faribault, MN High School, where he was named Regional Coach of the Year in 2004.

Lansing was born December 9, 1967. His wife, Angie Menser, is an Indiana State graduate and a former track and cross country academic All-American and current senior women’s administrator and business
manager.

Stan Gouard Assistant Coach Third Season

Stan Gouard begins his third season with the Sycamore men’s basketball program, and his first under new head coach Kevin McKenna.

Gouard joined the ISU staff in 2005 after spending three seasons at the University of Indianapolis. As a member of Todd Sturgeon’s staff, Gouard was responsible for recruiting, practice and game coaching, player development, academic monitoring and day to day operations.  The Greyhounds advanced to the NCAA tournament in each of Gouard’s three seasons.  The Greyhounds posted three victories over top 20 opponents and were ranked number seven nationally during the 2004-05 season.

Prior to his stint with Indianapolis, Gouard spend one season at his alma mater, the University of Southern Indiana.  He helped the Screaming Eagles to a 22-8 record that season.

As a player, Gouard was nationally known.  He led USI to their first national championship in 1995 under head coach Bruce Pearl. Gouard led the Eagles to two Great Lakes Conference championships as well and was a two-time NABC Division II National Player of the Year.   He was also recognized as the NCAA Division II Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player and the CBS/Chevrolet MVP of the title game in 1994, in which USI lost.  While at Southern Indiana, Gouard’s teams compiled an 82-12 record, and he currently ranks third in scoring, fifth in rebounding and first in steals.

Gouard was inducted into the John A. Logan College Hall of Fame in 1998, the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2003 and the University of Southern Indiana Hall of Fame in 2007.  He also received the key to the city of Evansville, Ind., in 1996.

Following his stellar collegiate career, Gouard played professionally for the Barrinquilla Ciamanes of Columbia, South America, leading his team to the 1999 championship. Gouard also led his Sundsvall Dragon team in Sweden to the playoffs.

A native of Danville, Ill., Gouard earned his Bachelor of Science in communications from Southern Indiana in 2000. Gouard and his wife Chasity reside in Terre Haute.

Lou Gudino Assistant Coach First Season

Lou Gudino enters his first season as an assistant coach at Indiana State for head coach Kevin McKenna.

He spent the last two seasons with Louisiana Tech.  Prior his stint with the Bulldogs, Gudino served as head coach at Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas. 

Gudino had plenty of success with the Plainsmen, compiling a record of 42-18 in those two seasons. He had inherited a program that had won seven games the season before he took over.  During the 2004-05 season, Frank Phillips College went 26-4 and a number 16 ranking nationally, the highest in school history.  The Plainsmen won their first Western Junior College Athletic Conference championship, gaining Coach of the Year honors as well.

Prior to taking over the head coaching spot at Frank Phillips College, Gudino was an assistant coach at the University of Incarnate Word from 2000 to 2003, where he helped that team compiles a 61-22 record in those three seasons. 

Gudino also served as an assistant coach at Barton County Community College during the 1999-2000 season, where he helped that team to a 32-2 record.   Gudino’s first coaching stint was a Howard Junior College in Big Spring, Texas where they were 43-18 over the 1997-98 and 1998-99 season.

A graduate of South Vermillion High School in Clinton, Ind., Gudino earned his bachelor of arts in financial management from Indiana University in 1997, and a Master of Arts degree in sports management from the University of Incarnate Wood in 2003.