Tate Stine joins the Castleton Men’s program in his first year as an assistant coach at the Division III level.
Stine joins Castleton after a short stint as the head assistant coach at Muskegon Community College. During his first year as assistant for head coach Gene Gifford in 2024, the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks climbed to an 18-12 overall record (10-4 in conference play). In his second year, the Jayhawks featured four different players with All-Region honors. Through two years five Jayhawks made it to the next level and are currently playing for other programs.
Stine originally joined the Jayhawk program as a player in 2022 where he played two years at the point guard position and graduated from Muskegon Community College with an associate degree in science and the arts (Transferable Degree).
Prior to accepting his new role with Coach Paul Culpo and the Spartans, Stine coached four years of high school AAU basketball for Hardwood Midwest, where his teams played all over the Midwest. Stine has also previously been certified as a Skill Enhancement Trainer through the organization I’m Possible Training (IPT). He has trained 50 different basketball players in elementary school, middle school, high school, and at the college level.
Stine graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport management and a minor in business at Grand Valley State University (MI).
