Robert Stanley (Stan) Little was born and raised in Sardis, Tennessee. He graduated from Sardis High School where he was an outstanding basketball and football player. He scored 20 or more points in 35 of his 37 career games. He was selected as an Honorable Mention on the All State Basketball team.
Upon graduation from Sardis High School he attended Freed-Hardeman University where he received his AA degree. While at Freed-Hardeman he was a two-year starter on both the basketball and baseball teams. In 1963 he was named captain and Most Valuable Player and was also named FHC Most Athletic.
Stan then came to Union where he played baseball and basketball for two seasons. He was named All-Volunteer State Athletic Conference outfielder and helped the Union baseball team to a 25-0 regular season record in 1965. He led the team in home runs with 11 that season which was 3rd in the NCAA and set a school record at the time for RBIs with 41 which was 2nd in the NCAA that season. He finished the 1965 season with a .383 batting average. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants and played two seasons of professional baseball.
At the age of 23 he was named the Head Basketball Coach at Humboldt High School and promptly led his team to a 25-6 record and a trip to the state tournament that first year. His 1975-76 team won the Tennessee AA state championship with a record of 35-2. His record was 225-78 in his ten years as Basketball Coach at Humboldt High School. He was named District and Region Coach of the Year several times and in 1976 was nominated by the state of Tennessee for the National Coach of the Year.
Stan left coaching after the 1977 season to move into the business world. From 1983 until June of this year he served as General Manager of the Humboldt Utilities. In 1991 Stan was inducted into the Freed-Hardeman University Sports Hall of Fame and the Gibson County Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
Stan and his late wife Jeanne are the parents of Stan, Jr., an attorney in Hernando, Mississippi, and Jenny Garrison (David) and three grandchildren who reside in Birmingham, Alabama.
