Personal Life
Stockton and his wife, the former Nada Stepovich (daughter of Matilda and Michael Anthony Stepovich, the last territorial governor of Alaska), have two daughters, Lindsay and Laura, and four sons, Houston, Michael, David and Samuel. Houston Stockton played college football as a defensive back for the University of Montana Grizzlies. In 2011, Michael Stockton, who played basketball at Salt Lake City's Westminster College, signed with BG Karlsruhe in Germany's second basketball division. David Stockton plays for Gonzaga University. Stockton and his family are devout Roman Catholics.
Stockton has a brother and two nephews who all played college basketball. Steve Stockton, his brother, played for the University of Washington Huskies; his older son, Steve Stockton, Jr., formerly played at Whitworth College; and his younger son, Shawn Stockton, finished his college basketball career at Montana in the 2011–12 season.
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