Stan Conner is in his third season as an assistant with the Golden Bears, where he will lead the team’s running backs. He has also continues to serve as the recruiting coordinator this season.
Conner has experience as a collegiate head coach, with previous stops at Benedict (2007-11) and Concordia-Alabama (2014-15). In 2017, he was instrumental in running back Justin Hardy earning SIAC Most valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year honons. But he has enjoyed success as an assistant on the college level at Alabama A&M and Alabama State, and as a high school head coach.
During his tenure at Alabama A&M, he has coached the secondary, running backs, and served as assistant head coach. Conner made his first trip to Alabama in 1994, when he served as the secondary coach. He spent three seasons with the Bulldogs before heading to Lanett High School as the head coach. In 1998, he returned to Alabama A&M as the assistant head coach. In 2002 the team had an overall record of 7-4, from 2003-2006 the overall team record was 8-3 every year. Conner led the Bulldogs in 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2006 to an SWAC Eastern Division Championship.
Conner played for Jackson State, where he was a four-year letterman from 1980-1983. During his stay, the Tigers won three SWAC Championships and advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in 1981 and 1982.
After completing his college playing career in 1983, he joined the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League in 1984. After a brief stay in New Orleans, Conner moved on to join the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.
In 1986, Conner began his coaching career at Alabama State as the wide receivers coach. After three seasons, he returned to Theodore High School in 1990 as the running backs and quarterbacks coach. After one season, in 1991, he took the head coach position at Mobile's LeFlore High School where he was later named the 1993 Mobile County 6A Coach of the Year. The Mobile, Alabama native and his wife Tonya are the proud parents of two daughters, Shelandra and Shequita.
