Steve Merfeld
Steve Merfeld (born September 23, 1961)
Current position: Assistant to the head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Creighton Bluejays (Head coach: Greg McDermott)
Current conference: Big East Conference
Teams coached: Hampton Pirates, Evansville Purple Aces
Hampton record: 90-57 (.612)
Evansville record: 54-91 (.372)
Overall record: 144-148 (.493)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2001, 2002)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MEAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (2001, 2002)
- MEAC Tournament Champion: 2 (2001, 2002)
Awards:
- MEAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2013-present | Creighton (asst. to the HC) |
| 2010-2013 | Creighton (asst) |
| 2007-2009 | Bradley (asst) |
| 2002-2007 | Evansville |
| 1997-2002 | Hampton |
| 1996-1997 | Hampton (asst) |
| 1986-1996 | Bowling Green (asst) |
Steve Merfeld Facts
- Stephen Merfeld
- Born September 23, 1961
- Hometown: Bloomington, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (BS, 1984) / Bowling Green State University (MS, 1987)
- Started his coaching career with a two-year stint (1984-86) as the head coach at St. John’s Military Academy (WI)
- Spent ten seasons as an assistant at Bowling Green under head coach Jim Larrañaga, was part of two NIT appearances
- Arrived at Hampton in 1996 as an assistant to Byron Samuels then took over as the Pirates’ head coach a year later
- Went 90-57 in five seasons at the helm, culminating in back-to-back MEAC titles and NCAA Tournament bids
- The 2001 Pirates (as a 15-seed) upset 2-seed Iowa State in the First Round for their first NCAA win in program history
- Left Hampton in 2002 to be the head coach at Evansville, leading the Purple Aces for the next five seasons
- Did not reach the same level of success, resigning in 2007 with just a 54-91 overall record and no postseason berths
- Spent two years as an assistant coach at Bradley under Jim Les before resigning in 2009
- Has been at Creighton since 2010, joining Greg McDermott‘s staff as an assistant and getting promoted to assistant to the head coach in 2013
- With the Bluejays, Merfeld has been part of six NCAA Tournaments (including one Sweet Sixteen), two NITs and one CBI
- Along with his wife, Mary Jo, has one daughter and one son
Steve Merfeld Coaching Tree
- Bobby Collins (Shaw, Maryland Eastern Shore, Winston-Salem State, Hampton)
- Dwayne Killings (Albany)
- Kareem Richardson (UMKC)