Danny Sprinkle

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| name = Danny Sprinkle

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Washington

| current_conference = Big Ten

| current_record = {{winpct|13|18|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|12}}

| birth_place = Pullman, Washington, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1995–1999

| player_team1 = Montana State

| coach_years1 = 2000–2006

| coach_team1 = Cal State Northridge (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2006–2008

| coach_team2 = Montana State (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2008–2013

| coach_team3 = Cal State Northridge (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2013–2019

| coach_team4 = Cal State Fullerton (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2019–2023

| coach_team5 = Montana State

| coach_years6 = 2023–2024

| coach_team6 = Utah State

| coach_years7 = 2024–present

| coach_team7 = Washington

| overall_record = {{winpct|122|68|record=y}}

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 1–3 (NCAA Division I)

| 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)

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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.{{cite web|url=https://msubobcats.com/coaches.aspx?rc=582|title=Danny Sprinkle - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Montana State University Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://msubobcats.com/news/2019/4/4/danny-sprinkle-selected-to-lead-montana-state-mens-basketball-program.aspx|title=Danny Sprinkle Selected to Lead Montana State Men’s Basketball Program|website=Montana State University Athletics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/danny-sprinkle-1.html|title=Danny Sprinkle College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}

Coaching career

Sprinkle's first coaching job came in 2000 as an assistant at Cal State Northridge, where he stayed for six seasons.{{cite web|url=http://gomatadors.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sprinkle_danny00.html|title=Player Bio: Danny Sprinkle - CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE|website=gomatadors.cstv.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/Sprinkle_Danny?view=bio|title=Cal State Fullerton Athletics|website=Cal State Fullerton Athletics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/sports/2019/04/04/former-montana-state-star-danny-sprinkle-named-new-bobcat-mens-basketball-coach-helena-great-falls/3367828002/|title=Updated: Sprinkle named new Bobcat men's basketball coach|website=Great Falls Tribune}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://utahstateaggies.com/news/2023/4/7/danny-sprinkle-named-head-mens-basketball-coach-at-utah-state.aspx|title=Danny Sprinkle Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Utah State|website=UrahStateAggies.com}}

On March 25, 2024, Sprinkle was hired by Washington to replace Mike Hopkins.{{Cite web |last=Thamel |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |last2=Borzello |first2=Jeff |name-list-style=and |date=2024-03-25 |title=Utah State's Danny Sprinkle accepts Washington hoops job |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39807103 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}