 Due to the time that the games were to be held (February 2–14, 1976) and the commitments to the team leading up to the 1976 Olympics Standbrook turned over the reins of the Big Green to George Crowe.Team USA finished a respectable 5th place at the Olympics though it was a bit of a disappointment as the team had garnered the silver medal in 1972.When Johnson returned to Wisconsin to resume coaching the Badgers, he took Standbrook with him.