Stormin' Norman has hit another milestone. The legendary Missouri Tigers head basketball coach celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday. Stewart manned the sidelines for the Tigers from 1967-1999.
Many people took to social media to send their best wishes to the man whose name resides permanently on the Tigers home court:
Happy 90th birthday to the legend himself, Stormin’ Norman Stewart!
— The Mizzodcast (@mizzodcast) January 20, 2025
90 years strong and not a nickel spent in kansas! pic.twitter.com/qQdoPMQ1rH
Big birthday wishes go out to the 🐐 Norm Stewart today as he is celebrating his 90th birthday today! 🫶
— Mizzou Hoops (@MizzouHoops) January 20, 2025
Happy Birthday, Coach! 🎂🎁🎉🎈🥳#MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/bmC4iC9Zl3
Happy Birthday to the GOAT. Stormin’ Norman. 90 years old today. Coached Mizzou from ‘67 to ‘99.
— M (@ShowMeZou) January 20, 2025
731 Career Wins
8 Big Eight Championships
93/94 went undefeated in Big 8 play and went on to the Elite 8. Best team in program history. pic.twitter.com/ny9bG2EESs
Happy Birthday Norm Stewart! 🐯 M-I-Z!
— Peyton Marshall (@nlmbpeyton) January 20, 2025
Happy birthday to Tiger Legend Norm Stewart! @MizzouHoops @MizzouAthletics pic.twitter.com/5t9bx6mh15
— Mizzou Tiger Club of St. Louis (@MizzouClubSTL) January 20, 2025
Happy 90th birthday to one of my favorite people on the planet Coach Norm Stewart! We go back a ways..MIZ!@MizzouHoops pic.twitter.com/8DqPTTUNge
— Mark Reardon (@MarkReardonKFTK) January 20, 2025
Happy Birthday to the one and only Norm Stewart!
— Mizzou Hoops (@MizzouHoops) January 20, 2022
Wishing you the best. #MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/js74feyUGG
Stewart won 634 games as head coach of the Tigers. His overall coaching record is 731-375.
Additionally, Stewart's teams won eight Big Eight Conference regular-season championships and six Big Eight Conference post-season tournament titles. He had 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, including two elite eights.
(L) Malcolm Emmons- Imagn Images (R) Denny Medley-Imagn Images
Stewart was born in Shelbyville, Missouri in the northeastern part of the state. He lettered at MU in basketball and baseball from 1954-1956.
Stewart was inducted into the inaugural class of the MU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 as an athlete and was inducted again in 2008 for his coaching career. He became a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. He was also inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.