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Men's Basketball
Stone, LaMonta
LaMonta Stone
- Title:
- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- lstone@bgsu.edu
- Phone:
- 419-372-7448
LaMonta Stone (pronounced la-MON-tay) will begin his 10th season as an assistant coach to the Falcon program in 2013-14. He joined the BGSU staff in August of 2004.
Stone, who was named one of the top-25 mid-major assistant coaches in the country by www.collegeinsider.com, was an assistant coach for the 2008-09 Mid-American Conference regular season championship team and has worked with two head coaches at Bowling Green.
Stone took part in the Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) professional development program and is designed to enhance a select group of ethnic minority assistant basketball coaches to become the next generation of collegiate head basketball coaches.
In 2012-13, Bowling Green went 13-19 overall and finished 7-9 in MAC play. The Falcons went 11-5 in the Stroh Center, improving to 23-9 at home in the first two years of the new facility. BGSU defeated Horizon League powers Wright State and Detroit, while pushing Michigan State to the brink, holding a 45-45 tie with 10 minutes remaining in front of a standing-room only crowd of 4,291 at the Stroh Center. The Falcons lost a wild triple overtime game at the BIG EAST’s South Florida and had wins over teams seeded third, fourth and fifth for the MAC Tournament. BGSU was the No. 6 seed for the league tournament but was upset in the opening round.
The 2011-12 team earned a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), the program’s second postseason appearance in four years. The Falcons had wins over three teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament, beating Detroit, Temple, and Ohio in the first year of the brand-new Stroh Center. BGSU improved its overall win total by two games, going 16-16, and improved by a game in MAC play, finishing 9-7 and earning the sixth seed for the conference tournament. After being upset in the first round of the MAC Tournament, the Falcons were selected to play in the CIT, losing at Oakland University in the postseason opener. In all, the team played seven games against NCAA Tournament teams, posting a respectable 3-4 record against that competition.
Along with posting three home wins over NCAA Tournament teams, the Falcons had some impressive road wins. The team posted a 72-48 win at Western Michigan, the program’s first win in University Arena since 2002. BGSU also won 65-57 at Miami (Ohio), giving the Falcons their first victory in Millett Hall since 2002 and the first season sweep of the RedHawks (winning 56-51 at home) since the 2001-02 campaign.
The 2010-11 team bounced back from a slow start to go 10-3 during a 13-game stretch midway through the season. After losing 9-of-11 to begin the year, the Falcons rebounded to lead the MAC at the midway point of the conference season at 6-2. After splitting a pair of home games, Bowling Green stood at 7-3 in league play, and although the team struggled down the stretch, the Falcons still had a chance to host a MAC Tournament First Round game if they could beat Buffalo in the final regular season basketball game in Anderson Arena history. In front of many of the legendary figures in BGSU basketball history, the Falcons posted a 73-63 victory. The team went on to beat Northern Illinois by 20 points in the first round of the MAC Tournament to qualify for the quarterfinals in Cleveland.
The 2009-10 team went 14-16 overall and 6-10 in Mid-American Conference play but had a handful of signature wins. The Falcons defeated both the MAC regular season champions Kent State and the MAC Tournament champions Ohio, as well as beating rival Toledo for the third consecutive season. The win over Kent State was the Golden Flashes’ only home loss to a MAC school and one of just two losses at home on the year. Bowling Green also defeated two Atlantic 10 Conference schools, including St. Louis, one of the top teams in that league and coached by Rick Majerus.
The 2008-09 season was a banner year for the Bowling Green men's basketball program. The team shared the Mid-American Eastern Division regular season championship, earned the No. 1 seed for the MAC Tournament, and received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Falcons set the program record with six consecutive road conference victories and finished 19-14, a six-win improvement over the previous season.
Following the 2008-09 season, Stone was recognized for his work at Bowling Green. HoopScoop.com named him the fourth-best mid-major assistant coach in the country, while College Insider named him the 15th best mid-major assistant. Both of those rankings were tops among all MAC assistant coaches.
In the 2007-08 season, Stone helped the Falcons to a 13-17 record. BGSU more than doubled the MAC win total from the previous season, going 7-9 in conference play in 2007-08 after a 3-13 league mark the previous winter.
Those seven MAC wins included victories over the teams picked to finish first, second and third in the East Division in the 2007-08 preseason poll. One of those wins came over Kent State, the eventual MAC champion and a nationally-ranked team at the time, in the Falcons' final home game on March 1, 2008.
Stone, a native of Detroit, came to BGSU after serving two years as an assistant at Ohio State under coach Jim O'Brien. The Buckeyes posted a 17-15 record in the 2002-03 season, advancing to the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament and earning a berth in the NIT. OSU went 14-16 in the 2003-04 campaign.
Stone, 42, had Mid-American Conference coaching experience prior to his time at BGSU. He was an assistant on head coach Jim Boone's Eastern Michigan staff for two seasons, from 2000-02, prior to moving to Columbus.
Stone joined the EMU staff after spending six seasons as the head boy's basketball coach at his alma mater, River Rouge High School, where he directed one of the most successful high school programs in the state of Michigan. Stone led the Panthers to back-to-back Class B state championships in 1998 and 1999, with both of those teams earning Top-25 national rankings in the USA Today poll. In his six seasons, Stone guided River Rouge to an overall record of 126-24.
Five of Stone's River Rouge teams won district titles and three were regional champions. Both the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press named Stone Coach of the Year in 1999. He also was singled out for that honor by the Michigan Coaches Association in 1997.
Stone graduated from River Rouge High School in 1984 after participating in basketball, track and football. He completed his bachelor's degree in psychology at Wayne State University in 1999.
He began his coaching career in 1990 as a volunteer boys basketball coach at River Rouge. He went on to become an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn from 1991-94 before returning to River Rouge as the head coach in 1994.
Stone and his wife, Tomica, have three sons, LaMonta II (15), Lance (5) and Landen (3).
Stone, who was named one of the top-25 mid-major assistant coaches in the country by www.collegeinsider.com, was an assistant coach for the 2008-09 Mid-American Conference regular season championship team and has worked with two head coaches at Bowling Green.
Stone took part in the Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) professional development program and is designed to enhance a select group of ethnic minority assistant basketball coaches to become the next generation of collegiate head basketball coaches.
In 2012-13, Bowling Green went 13-19 overall and finished 7-9 in MAC play. The Falcons went 11-5 in the Stroh Center, improving to 23-9 at home in the first two years of the new facility. BGSU defeated Horizon League powers Wright State and Detroit, while pushing Michigan State to the brink, holding a 45-45 tie with 10 minutes remaining in front of a standing-room only crowd of 4,291 at the Stroh Center. The Falcons lost a wild triple overtime game at the BIG EAST’s South Florida and had wins over teams seeded third, fourth and fifth for the MAC Tournament. BGSU was the No. 6 seed for the league tournament but was upset in the opening round.
The 2011-12 team earned a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), the program’s second postseason appearance in four years. The Falcons had wins over three teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament, beating Detroit, Temple, and Ohio in the first year of the brand-new Stroh Center. BGSU improved its overall win total by two games, going 16-16, and improved by a game in MAC play, finishing 9-7 and earning the sixth seed for the conference tournament. After being upset in the first round of the MAC Tournament, the Falcons were selected to play in the CIT, losing at Oakland University in the postseason opener. In all, the team played seven games against NCAA Tournament teams, posting a respectable 3-4 record against that competition.
Along with posting three home wins over NCAA Tournament teams, the Falcons had some impressive road wins. The team posted a 72-48 win at Western Michigan, the program’s first win in University Arena since 2002. BGSU also won 65-57 at Miami (Ohio), giving the Falcons their first victory in Millett Hall since 2002 and the first season sweep of the RedHawks (winning 56-51 at home) since the 2001-02 campaign.
The 2010-11 team bounced back from a slow start to go 10-3 during a 13-game stretch midway through the season. After losing 9-of-11 to begin the year, the Falcons rebounded to lead the MAC at the midway point of the conference season at 6-2. After splitting a pair of home games, Bowling Green stood at 7-3 in league play, and although the team struggled down the stretch, the Falcons still had a chance to host a MAC Tournament First Round game if they could beat Buffalo in the final regular season basketball game in Anderson Arena history. In front of many of the legendary figures in BGSU basketball history, the Falcons posted a 73-63 victory. The team went on to beat Northern Illinois by 20 points in the first round of the MAC Tournament to qualify for the quarterfinals in Cleveland.
The 2009-10 team went 14-16 overall and 6-10 in Mid-American Conference play but had a handful of signature wins. The Falcons defeated both the MAC regular season champions Kent State and the MAC Tournament champions Ohio, as well as beating rival Toledo for the third consecutive season. The win over Kent State was the Golden Flashes’ only home loss to a MAC school and one of just two losses at home on the year. Bowling Green also defeated two Atlantic 10 Conference schools, including St. Louis, one of the top teams in that league and coached by Rick Majerus.
The 2008-09 season was a banner year for the Bowling Green men's basketball program. The team shared the Mid-American Eastern Division regular season championship, earned the No. 1 seed for the MAC Tournament, and received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Falcons set the program record with six consecutive road conference victories and finished 19-14, a six-win improvement over the previous season.
Following the 2008-09 season, Stone was recognized for his work at Bowling Green. HoopScoop.com named him the fourth-best mid-major assistant coach in the country, while College Insider named him the 15th best mid-major assistant. Both of those rankings were tops among all MAC assistant coaches.
In the 2007-08 season, Stone helped the Falcons to a 13-17 record. BGSU more than doubled the MAC win total from the previous season, going 7-9 in conference play in 2007-08 after a 3-13 league mark the previous winter.
Those seven MAC wins included victories over the teams picked to finish first, second and third in the East Division in the 2007-08 preseason poll. One of those wins came over Kent State, the eventual MAC champion and a nationally-ranked team at the time, in the Falcons' final home game on March 1, 2008.
Stone, a native of Detroit, came to BGSU after serving two years as an assistant at Ohio State under coach Jim O'Brien. The Buckeyes posted a 17-15 record in the 2002-03 season, advancing to the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament and earning a berth in the NIT. OSU went 14-16 in the 2003-04 campaign.
Stone, 42, had Mid-American Conference coaching experience prior to his time at BGSU. He was an assistant on head coach Jim Boone's Eastern Michigan staff for two seasons, from 2000-02, prior to moving to Columbus.
Stone joined the EMU staff after spending six seasons as the head boy's basketball coach at his alma mater, River Rouge High School, where he directed one of the most successful high school programs in the state of Michigan. Stone led the Panthers to back-to-back Class B state championships in 1998 and 1999, with both of those teams earning Top-25 national rankings in the USA Today poll. In his six seasons, Stone guided River Rouge to an overall record of 126-24.
Five of Stone's River Rouge teams won district titles and three were regional champions. Both the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press named Stone Coach of the Year in 1999. He also was singled out for that honor by the Michigan Coaches Association in 1997.
Stone graduated from River Rouge High School in 1984 after participating in basketball, track and football. He completed his bachelor's degree in psychology at Wayne State University in 1999.
He began his coaching career in 1990 as a volunteer boys basketball coach at River Rouge. He went on to become an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn from 1991-94 before returning to River Rouge as the head coach in 1994.
Stone and his wife, Tomica, have three sons, LaMonta II (15), Lance (5) and Landen (3).
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