It is not possible using configuration. You can promote idea related to this- https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000BrKdAAK one workaround is to overwrite the New button with custom button and populate the stage field value using URL hack. More details can be found here - http://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-url-hacking-tutorial/
one workaround is to overwrite the New button with custom button and populate the stage field value using URL hack. More details can be found here - http://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-url-hacking-tutorial/