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BIO
Assistant Coach
Coach Stanton grew
up in West St. Paul and later graduated from Sibley High School in
Mendota Heights. While there he played both football and baseball.
Doug went on to
attend college at St. Olaf where he worked on a double major,
receiving his BA in English/Education. At St. Olaf, coach Stanton
continued on in sports where he played both baseball and football.
He later received his MA from St. Mary's University in Minneapolis.
Coach Stanton began his
coaching career as an assistant for the West St. Paul Challenger
Legion baseball team, a 1995 Legion state tournament
participant. He later moved on to Owatonna where he coached freshman
baseball and was the summer VFW coach from 1996 to 1999.
A move to Lakeville in
1999 found Doug coaching freshman baseball once again for the next
five years. He was promoted to sophomore coach for Lakeville High
School in 2005 and one year later was again promoted, this time as
head coach for the junior varsity baseball team.
Coach Stanton also served
as head coach for the Lakeville Mickey Mantle team from 2002 through
2006. During that time they were state champions in 2002, 2003 and
2005. His team was also a Babe Ruth World Series runner-up in 2002
and a World Series participant in 2003.
Coach Stanton also coached
football for Owatonna from 1996 until 1999. He moved on to coach
football for Lakeville High School from 2000 to 2004. In 2005 he
came to South where he has served as an assistant football coach for
the Cougars.
Doug taught 8th grade
English at Owatonna Junior High from 1996 until 1999, when he
accepted the same position for McGuire Middle School where he presently
still teaches.
Coach Stanton's greatest
coaching influence was St. Olaf head baseball coach, Jim Dimick, who
taught him to respect the game through organization, preparation,
and focusing on the fundamentals. From coach Dimick he was taught to
play hard, play disciplined, and play with enthusiasm. He learned
the value of teamwork and building character through the game of
baseball.
Doug's favorite quote is
from his former St. Olaf coach, who would often say; “Ask
yourself, is the world a better place because you’re in it, and is
our team a better team because you’re on it.”
Coach Stanton is married
to wife Maggie who is also a teacher in the Lakeville school system.
They have two children, Kyle and Josh, but are expecting a new
arrival sometime in May.
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