Steve Alford
Steve Alford (born November 23, 1964)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Nevada Wolfpack
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Manchester record: 78-29 (.729)
Missouri State record: 78-48 (.619)
Iowa record: 152-106 (.589)
New Mexico record: 155-52 (.749)
UCLA record: 124-63 (.663)
Nevada record: 96-59 (.619)
Overall record^: 683-357 (.657)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 (1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 4 (1999, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
- HCAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (1993, 1994, 1995)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 2 (2012, 2013)
- Pac-12 Tournament Champion: 1 (2014)
- Big Ten Tournament Champion: 2 (2001, 2006)
- NCAA Division III National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1995)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 3 (1993, 1994, 1995)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four: 1 (1995)
Awards:
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 3 (2009, 2010, 2013)
- AP All-American: 2 (1986, 1987)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Nevada |
| 2013-2018 | UCLA |
| 2007-2013 | New Mexico |
| 1999-2007 | Iowa |
| 1995-1999 | Missouri State |
| 1991-1995 | Manchester |
Steve Alford Facts
- Stephen Todd Alford
- Born November 23, 1964
- Hometown: New Castle, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Indiana University (BS, 1987)
- Played for his father, Sam Alford, at New Castle Chrysler HS in Indiana; named the state’s Mr. Basketball as a senior in 1983
- Went on to play under legendary head coach Bob Knight at Indiana, winning a National Championship in 1987
- Was twice named to the AP All-American First-Team during his IU career (1986, 1987)
- Also played for Team USA in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the team (coached by Knight) won gold
- Went on to play under legendary head coach Bob Knight at Indiana, winning a National Championship in 1987
- Drafted 26th in the 1987 NBA Draft and spent four seasons in the NBA, three with the Mavericks and one with the Warriors
- While in the NBA, Alford played for coaches John MacLeod, Don Nelson and Richie Adubato
- First coaching job was as the head coach at D-III Manchester University in Indiana, hired in 1991 after his playing career
- Went 78-29 over four seasons at Manchester, including a Runner-Up finish in the 1995 NCAA D-III Tournament
- Spent four seasons as head coach at Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State), winning 78 games and reaching the 1999 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
- Next stop was an eight-year tenure as the head coach at Iowa, where he went to three NCAA Tournaments and three NITs
- Took over as the New Mexico head coach in 2007, winning 155 games over six seasons
- Led the Lobos to the postseason each year (3 NCAA Tournaments and 3 NITs)
- Hired in 2013 to be the next head coach of the UCLA Bruins
- Led the Bruins to the Sweet Sixteen in three of his first four seasons at the helm
- Alford’s team just barely made the NCAA Tournament in 2018, losing in the First Four, before getting off to a sluggish 7-6 start in the 2018-19 season that resulted in his firing on December 31st
- Hired in April 2019 to be the head coach of the Nevada Wolfpack, marking a return to the Mountain West for Alford
- Is 96-59 through five seasons, highlighted by back-to-back 22+ win seasons and at-large NCAA Tournament bids (2023-24)
Steve Alford Coaching Tree
- Kory Alford (Huntington)
- Murry Bartow (UCLA)
- Brian Jones (Illinois State, North Dakota)
- Wyking Jones (California)
- Greg Lansing (Indiana State)
- Brandon Miller (Butler)
- Craig Neal (New Mexico)
- Ed Schilling (Pepperdine)
- Tom Schuberth (UT-Pan American)
- Paul Weir (New Mexico, New Mexico State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the Division I and Division III levels