In three seasons at Northwestern State, co-head coach Scott Stoehr has played an integral role in re-establishing a culture of accomplishment within NSU women’s basketball alongside his wife and co-head coach Brooke Stoehr.
On top of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, Stoehr has helped develop three 1,000-point scorers, the 2012-13 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year (Janelle Perez), two first-team All-Louisiana selections and a first-team All-Southland Conference honoree.
Equally as important, every player who has completed her eligibility at Northwestern State under Stoehr has earned her degree from Northwestern State.
Stoehr, who received his degree in biology from Nebraska Wesleyan in 1997 and his master’s degree in kinesiology from North Texas in 1999, began his coaching career at Nebraska Wesleyan University and followed that with stints at North Texas, Florida State, Arkansas-Little Rock and Louisiana Tech.
In his first position as a Division I coach, Stoehr helped guide North Texas to its most successful time in school history, including three conference division championships, two postseason tournaments and a 43-4 home record over a four year period.
He was a position coach for the 2002 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year and was responsible for recruiting regions in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
At Florida State, he generated and implemented offensive and defensive game plans, coached the guards which included an All-ACC player, and assisted the team to its second highest win total and its second postseason tournament berth in school history at that time as a member of the ACC.
He followed that with a stint at Arkansas-Little Rock where he helped recruit the 2005 Sun Belt Conference’s Freshman of the Year, and spent three seasons at Louisiana Tech where he assisted the Lady Techsters in making the NCAA Tournament and Top 25 appearances.
Stoehr, a former linebacker at Nebraska Wesleyan, and his wife have a 5-year-old daughter, Aubrey, and a 3-year-old son, Cooper, who are mainstays in the Prather Coliseum stands.
