MINOT -- Minot State has named Peter Stewart as its new head men's basketball coach, athletic director Rick Hedberg announced at a press conference Monday.
Stewart has been the head coach at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Wash., for the past seven seasons.
He led his team to the North Division Conference Championship three times, the most recent in 2007-08. He has a 61-18 record over the past five seasons, including at 36-4 record at home during that span. Stewart was named the conference coach of the year twice, first in 2003-04 and the latest in 2007-08.
Stewart has coached at all levels of basketball, including stints at MSU-Bottineau (now Dakota College at Bottineau, 1987-88), Adams State (1992-93), Minot State (1993-94), the Malaysian Professional Basketball league (1995) and the Australian Professional Basketball League (1989-1996 as a player and coach). He coached his team to the 1995 Malaysian Basketball League Championship.
A 1989 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Stewart played four seasons for the Sioux.
