[1] After high school Stant played for Southern Oregon, until a knee injury ended his career.
[3] 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.
[2] He started his coaching career for the Seagulls after the X-League ruled against allowing import foreign players at that time..
In 2003, the IBM Big Blue hired Stant as their new head coach.
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.