Isaac Stansbury is in his first season as a graduate assistant for the Cowboys and is coming off a playing career at Mississippi State.
During his playing career, Stansbury was coached under Ben Howland and Chris Jans. In his last two seasons, Mississippi State made two consecutive NCAA Tournament trips for the first time since Rick Stansbury, his father, was the coach in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.
Stansbury, who played in 24 games off the bench for Mississippi State, capped his career with final season appearances versus LSU at the SEC Tournament and Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.
In his time as a student-athlete, Stansbury was selected to represent Mississippi State on the SEC Leadership Council as a senior, and was a member of the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) for four seasons. Furthermore, he was selected twice to the SEC Community Service Team, which selects an athlete from each SEC school who gives back to his community through superior service efforts.
As a freshman, he was named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. In addition, Stansbury was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll four times from 2020-2024. Stansbury graduated with Petroleum Engineering degree in May 2023. He is currently working towards a Master of Business Administration degree.
