”Checks every box”
Former Texas A&M associate head coach Rick Stansbury was formally announced as the fifteenth men’s basketball coach in WKU history during a press conference on Monday.
Stansbury’s base salary was announced at $500,000 annually with his contract running through June 30, 2020. His current buyout will be $750,000.
“I can’t tell you how excited we (his family) are to be a part of this,” Stansbury said at the press conference. “I am blessed to be a part of it. Growing up, I knew how it used to be here at Western Kentucky. However, it’s not about me.