Danny Sprinkle

Danny Sprinkle (born October 12, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, and is the head coach at University of Washington. He was previously the head coach at his alma mater, Montana State University, and Utah State University.^[1][2]

Danny Sprinkle

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Washington
Conference	Big Ten
Record	13–18 (.419)
Biographical details
Born	(1976-10-12) October 12, 1976 (age 48) Pullman, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
1995–1999	Montana State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2006	Cal State Northridge (assistant)
2006–2008	Montana State (assistant)
2008–2013	Cal State Northridge (assistant)
2013–2019	Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
2019–2023	Montana State
2023–2024	Utah State
2024–present	Washington
Head coaching record
Overall	122–68 (.642)
Tournaments	1–3 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky regular season (2022) 2 Big Sky tournament (2022, 2023) Mountain West regular season (2024)
Awards
MWC Coach of the Year (2024) Big Sky Coach of the Year (2022)

Playing career

A two-time all-state selection in Montana at Helena High School, Sprinkle played college basketball at Montana State University in Bozeman, where he was conference freshman of the year in 1996, and earned all-league honors in 1997. He graduated as the school's seventh-all-time-leading scorer.^[2][3]

Coaching career

Sprinkle's first coaching job came in 2000 as an assistant at Cal State Northridge, where he stayed for six seasons.^[4] He returned to Montana State for a two-year stint as an assistant under new head coach Brad Huse, then went back to Northridge in 2008 for five seasons. Sprinkle joined Dedrique Taylor's staff at Cal State Fullerton in 2013, and was part of the Titans' NCAA tournament squad in 2018.^[5]

On April 4, 2019, Sprinkle was hired at his alma mater, succeeding Brian Fish and becoming the 23rd head coach of the men's program at Montana State.^[2][6]

Sprinkle led his team to a 16–15 record for the 2019–20 season and a #5 seed in the Big Sky tournament before it was shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020–21 shortened season saw Sprinkle lead the Bobcats to knock off #1 seeded Southern Utah and advance to the Big Sky championship game, losing to Eastern Washington. Sprinkle successfully brought back his three COVID-eligible seniors for the 2021–22 campaign, culminating in a school-record 27 wins and the first trip to the NCAA tournament for the Bobcats since Sprinkle's freshman season. Sprinkle's final season in Bozeman saw him bringing Montana State to back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history.

After four seasons at Montana State, he was hired by Utah State to be their new head coach on April 7, 2023, succeeding Ryan Odom.^[7]

On March 25, 2024, Sprinkle was hired by Washington to replace Mike Hopkins.^[8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Montana State Bobcats (Big Sky Conference) (2019–2023)
2019–20	Montana State	16–15	10–10	T–5th
2020–21	Montana State	13–10	8–6	T–4th
2021–22	Montana State	27–8	16–4	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23	Montana State	25–10	15–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Montana State:		81–43 (.653)	49–23 (.681)
Utah State Aggies (Mountain West Conference) (2023–2024)
2023–24	Utah State	28–7	14–4	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
Utah State:		28–7 (.800)	14–4 (.778)
Washington Huskies (Big Ten Conference) (2024–present)
2024–25	Washington	13–18	4–16	18th
Washington:		13–18 (.419)	4–16 (.200)
Total:		122–68 (.642)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion