Steve Pikiell
Steve Pikiell (born November 21, 1967)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Wesleyan record^: 5–18 (.217)
Stony Brook record: 192-156 (.552)
Rutgers record: 132-123 (.518)
Overall record^: 329-297 (.526)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2016, 2021, 2022)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2023)
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2014, 2015)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 0
- America East Regular Season Champion: 4 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016)
- Big Ten Tournament Champion: 0
- America East Tournament Champion: 1 (2016)
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2020)
- America East Coach of the Year: 1 (2016)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | Rutgers |
| 2005-2016 | Stony Brook |
| 2001-2005 | George Washington (asst) |
| 1997-2001 | Central Connecticut (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Wesleyan |
| 1993-1995 | Yale (asst) |
| 1991-92 | Connecticut (asst) |
Steve Pikiell Facts
- Stephen Christopher Pikiell
- Born November 21, 1967
- Hometown: Bristol, Connecticut
- Alma Mater: University of Connecticut (BA, 1991)
- Played four seasons at UConn under Hall of Fame head coach Jim Calhoun
- Was an assistant coach at UConn under Calhoun, Yale under Dick Kuchen, Central Connecticut under Howie Dickenman and George Washington under Karl Hobbs
- Spent one year as the interim head coach at Division III Wesleyan (1995-96), going 5-18
- Became first former UConn player of Calhoun‘s to become a head coach when he was hired at Stony Brook in 2005
- Went to three NITs and two CBIs at Stony Brook before winning the America East Tournament and regular season in 2016 to lead the Seawolves to their first ever NCAA Tournament
- Hired in March 2016 to become the next head coach at Rutgers
- The 2019-20 team won 20 games for the first time since 2004 and then the following year (2020-21), the Scarlet Knights earned a NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 1991
Steve Pikiell Coaching Tree
- Kelvin Jefferson (Gannon)
- Jay Young (Fairfield)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels