STANTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
Athletics, Academics, and WASC Accreditation
Welcome to the official athletics website of your Stanton University Fighting Elks. 2023-24 will be our inaugural season of athletics. We will be competing in the USCAA with the intention of being dual members with the NAIA in our second year as an athletics program. As a WASC accredited four-year degree-granting institution we are a countable opponent to both NCAA and NAIA schools. As such, we plan on scheduling games against opponents, ranging from NCAA D1 teams to NAIA and USCAA schools.
We are very excited to represent our community and we need your support. Our hand picked recruits are not only athletes but also fantastic students. As one family, our coaches, teachers, and valuable staff members all do their best to encourage and motivate these fine young men and women who make up your Stanton Elks. Please join us as we would love for you to be a part of our fighting herd and cheer on our student athletes! Please follow us on social media and keep an eye out for the release of our team schedules.
If you have any interest in making a financial donation of any amount, please contact us at athletics@stanton.edu. We are a registered 501(c)(3) institution of higher learning so donations to our organization are tax deductible. You can click here to see more information on our non-profit status. #letsgoelks!
Meet Our Coaches
Men's Soccer
Diogo Pereira is the incoming head soccer coach for Stanton University. He is no stranger to success as both a recruiter and coach. From 2019 to 2021, Diogo delivered the best recruiting classes for Bethesda Univeristy’s men’s soccer program and led them to three national tournament appearances and a West Region Championship. Coach Pereira is originally from Portugal and is one of the best international recruiters for college soccer. For inquiries, please contact Coach Pereira at dpereira@stanton.edu.
Men's Basketball
Les Bean brings a wealth of coaching experience and knowledge from 23 years of coaching at three different levels. In addition, Bean played four years professionally in Peru, Italy, and Mexico after having a standout college career at UCSB where he was a two-year starter at the point guard position under legendary Gauchos coach Jerry Pimm (1983-1998).
Bean, a native of Los Angeles, prepped at Fremont HS and had an impressive juco career at LACC, has always played with great intensity and toughness which he has brought into his coaching. For inquires contact lbean@stanton.edu
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