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After spending two years as Oakland's Assistant AD for Operations, Eric
Stephan moved back into the coaching ranks when he joined the
women's staff at OU mid-way through the 2005-06 season. His return to the
bench has been a successful one as he helped guide the Golden Grizzlies to a Mid-Con Tournament championship
and trip to the NCAA Tournament in his first season and a regular season
title and trip to the WNIT last year.
Now in his 20th year with Oakland
University athletics, Stephan is no stranger to Oakland basketball fans.
Prior to moving to the administrative side of the department,
Stephan spent 16
years as an assistant coach for Greg Kampe and the men's basketball team.
As an assistant men's basketball coach, Stephan served for 14 seasons as
the top assistant to head coach Greg Kampe. Stephan’s climb was a long
and progressive one as he started out as a graduate assistant, moved up to part-time
assistant and is now the number one assistant. Prior to the 2003-04 season Stephan was moved
up to Associate Head Coach by Kampe.
His long climb mirrored the program’s,
culminating in a Mid-Continent Conference title in OU’s first eligible year as a NCAA
Division I program (1999-00). With Stephan in the coaching ranks, the Golden Grizzlies
recorded two victories over Big 10 schools, Northwestern 60-41 in 1999-00,
and Michigan 97-90 in 2000-01.
Stephan was a four-year letterwinner and team captain as a
senior at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in business administration from Carthage in 1986, where he was also Chairman of the
President's Advisory Committee and President of the Student Activities Board.
A camp veteran, Stephan has worked many years
at the Metro Index Basketball Camp, as well as at camps at Penn State,
Northwestern and James Madison. His most recent camp experience was as a
counselor/coach in Turkey. Stephan, a member of the National
Association of Basketball Coaches, and is currently serving on the assistant
coaches board of directors.
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