MSU President Samuel Stanley speaks about Nassar case Matthew Dae Smith, Lansing State Journal
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Steve Pikiell had been the men’s basketball coach at Stony Brook for four years when Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. took over as president in 2009.
That season, the Seawolves made the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in program history. Seven years and six 20-win seasons later, they made their NCAA tournament debut.
And it began a record growth – both in other sports and with new facilities – for a university that was created in 1957 and an athletic program that had been in Division I for 25 years.