Jai Steadman (born October 20, 1972)
Current position: Interim head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Maine Black Bears
Current conference: America East Conference
UTRGV record: 1-6 (.143)
Maine record: 1-3 (.250)
Overall record: 2-9 (.182)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- America East Regular Season Champion: 0
- America East Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Maine (interim HC) |
| 2021-2022 | Maine (asst) |
| 2021 | UTRGV (interim HC) |
| 2014-2021 | UTPA/UTRGV (asst) |
| 2012-2013 | Bellevue (asst) |
| 2009-2012 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (asst) |
| 2007-2009 | Louisiana-Lafayette (asst) |
| 2006-2007 | Fort Worth Flyers (asst) |
| 2005-2006 | North Texas (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | McNeese State (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Rander Cimbria |
| 2002-2003 | TCU (asst) |
| 1999-2002 | Tyler JC (asst) |
| 1992-1997 | Nebraska (admin asst) |
Jai Steadman Facts
- Jason Steadman
- Born October 20, 1972
- Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
- Alma Mater: University of Nebraska (BA, 1997)
- The Lincoln-native was an administrative assistant for five seasons at Nebraska, coached by Danny Nee
- Spent three seasons as an assistant at Tyler JC (TX) before joining Neil Dougherty‘s staff at TCU in 2002
- Was the head coach of Rander Cimbria, a professional team in Denmark, for two seasons (2003 and 2004)
- Returned to the States and had assistant coaching stints at McNeese State (under Tic Price), North Texas (under Johnny Jones), Louisiana-Lafayette (under Robert Lee) and with the Fort Worth Flyers and Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League
- After one season at NAIA Bellevue (NE), Steadman was hired by Dan Hipsher at UTPA in 2014 (UTPA merged with UT-Brownsville in 2015 to become UTRGV); worked as an assistant there for nearly five seasons – two under Hipsher and three under Lew Hill
- In February 2021, following Hill’s tragic and unexpected passing, Steadman was named acting head coach of the Vaqueros
- Left UTRGV after the season and became an assistant under Richard Barron at Maine in the America East
- Got a second interim head coaching opportunity in February 2022 after Barron and Maine parted ways
Jai Steadman Coaching Tree
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