Stan Wagnon is in his second year as only the second full-time commissioner of the Lone Star Conference, a 15-member NCAA Division II athletics conference with headquarters in Richardson, Texas. He followed the legendary Fred Jacoby, who retired in June 2006 after leading the LSC for 12 years.

A native of Edmond, Okla., Wagnon joined the LSC staff as Director of Media Relations in April 2003, then gained the title of Assistant Commissioner prior to the 2004-05 academic year. He stepped in as Acting Commissioner in January 2006 when Jacoby was placed on medical leave and was named Interim Commissioner in June when Jacoby retired.

Wagnon serves as chief administrative officer of the conference. He is responsible for managing the budget, scheduling and arranging meetings, and preparing and distributing sports schedules, in addition to overseeing all daily operations for the conference.

Wagnon has supervised the conference's expanding role in the area of rules compliance, while implementing the LSC's ongoing 75th Anniversary Celebration campaign and creating the first-ever Public Service Announcement for the conference. He also designed and launched a "Members Only" section on the LSC website to improve communication within the league.

Wagnon has enhanced the student-athlete experience with the first-ever summer retreat for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in July 2006, the addition of post-game apparel for LSC championship teams in all sports and online video coverage of championship events through LSCLive.TV.

As acting commissioner, Wagnon led the LSC into the Strategic Planning process, while proposing conference initiatives to secure funding from the NCAA Conference Grant program.

Wagnon took over additional responsibilities in the areas of scheduling and championships as the Assistant Commissioner, while also increasing his role in preparing and facilitating conference meetings.

As the league's Director of Media Relations, a role he maintained until August 2006, he oversaw all facets of the LSC's media relations effort, including the handling of statistics and other historical records, administrative issues, NCAA reporting and maintenance of the league's official website.

Wagnon came to the LSC office after working in the sports information offices at three LSC member institutions. He served as sports information director at Tarleton State University for nearly three years after serving four years in a similar role at Midwestern State University. He held the title of Assistant Athletic Director at MSU. Before that, Wagnon was a student assistant in the SID office at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Wagnon performed in 2003 and '04 as tournament manager for NCAA Division II men's basketball regionals in Stephenville, served in 1999 as media relations director for a NCAA Division II men's basketball regional in Wichita Falls, and worked in 1996 on the Press Information Team at the wrestling venue of the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

Wagnon served two years as national coordinator of Division II nominees for the Bob Cousy Award, which is presented annually by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and goes to the top male collegiate point guard.

He also worked three seasons as West/Southwest Region coordinator for the CoSida/Daktronics Division II All-America Football Team.

Wagnon is a member of the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association and serves on the CCA's Legislative Committee.

Wagnon earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from UCO in 1995 and completed more than 30 hours of graduate work at Midwestern. He lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Jill. They are both active at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, serving as class directors for an adult bible fellowship.

Wagnon's father, Skip, was a long-time athletic director at the University of Central Oklahoma and a 2004 inductee to the LSC Hall of Honor.