Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes (born March 22, 1965)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
East Tennessee State record: 130-43 (.751)
Wake Forest record: 71-54 (.568)
Overall record^: 201-97 (.674)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2022, 2024)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- ACC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 2 (2017, 2020)
- Panhandle (NJCAA) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2012, 2013)
- ACC Tournament Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 2 (2017, 2020)
- NJCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2012, 2013)
Awards:
- Hugh Durham Award: 1 (2020)
- ACC Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2020-present | Wake Forest |
| 2015-2020 | East Tennessee State |
| 2013-2015 | Wichita State (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Northwest Florida State |
| 2006-2011 | Tennessee (asst) |
| 2004-2006 | Texas A&M (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Illinois State (asst) |
| 2000-2003 | Louisiana Tech (asst) |
| 1998-2000 | Idaho (asst) |
| 1995-1998 | Barton County CC |
| 1993-1995 | Barton County CC (asst) |
| 1991-1993 | Southwestern CC |
| 1989-1991 | Southwestern CC (asst) |
Steve Forbes Facts
- Steve Forbes
- Born March 22, 1965
- Hometown: Lone Tree, Iowa
- Alma Mater: Southern Arkansas University (1988)
- Started his coaching career at the community college level, first at Southwestern CC (IA) then at Barton County CC (KS)
- Has spent a total of fifteen seasons as a Division I assistant coach, working on the staff of the following head coaches:
- David Farrar (Idaho), Keith Richard (Louisiana Tech), Porter Moser (Illinois State), Billy Gillispie (Texas A&M), Bruce Pearl (Tennessee) and Gregg Marshall (Wichita State)
- Spent two seasons as the head coach at Northwest Florida State JC, part of the Division I NJCAA
- Won Panhandle Conference each season and made two runs to the NJCAA D-I national title game, losing both times
- Hired in 2015 to be the head coach at East Tennessee State, winning the SoCon Tournament and a share of the SoCon regular season title in just his second season (2017)
- In 2020, Forbes’ Buccaneers won the SoCon regular season and Tournament titles and he was named SoCon COY
- Forbes was hired in April 2020 to be the head coach at Wake Forest, his first high-major head coaching job
- Through four seasons at the helm, Forbes is 71-54 overall with two postseason appearances (2022 and 2024 NIT)
Steve Forbes Coaching Tree
- Brian Collins (Tennessee State)
- Brooks Savage (East Tennessee State)
- Jason Shay (East Tennessee State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only