David Stant is a football coach; currently head coach of the Keio Unicorns.
Stant graduated from Kahuku High School in 1981.
After high school Stant played for Southern Oregon, until a knee injury ended his career. He would later go on to play linebacker at Arizona Western on scholarship, then at Hawaii.
Stant did not enter the NFL draft, but rather went to Japan to play in the X-League 1990 after being scouted by the Recruit Seagulls. He started his coaching career for the Seagulls after the X-League ruled against allowing import foreign players at that time..
In 1990, the Recruit Seagulls hired Stant to also be defensive coordinator. He also took over as offensive coordinator the next season and was promoted to head coach the next season 1993 and stayed through 1999. He would then serve as a consultant for the team the next three seasons.
In 2003, the IBM Big Blue hired Stant as their new head coach. He would stay with the team until 2006, where he compiled a 9âÂÂ11âÂÂ1 record.
In February 2007, Stant was selected to serve as Kamehameha Schools KapÃÂlama High School's new varsity head football coach. He would lead the Warriors to an HHSAA state championship and an ILH championship in 2009. The Warriors would also finish 2nd in the ILD Division II in the following 3 seasons before Stant stepped down as head coach to take the head coaching position at Keio University in Japan.
In 2013, Stant became the head coach of the Keio Unicorns.