Steve Steinwedel
Steve Steinwedel (born July 18, 1953)
Teams coached: Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
Delaware record: 163-121 (.574)
Overall record: 163-121 (.574)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1992, 1993)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- America East Regular Season Champion: 1 (1992)
- America East Tournament Champion: 2 (1992, 1993)
Awards:
- America East Coach of the Year: 1 (1992)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1985-1995 | Delaware |
| 1980-1985 | South Carolina (asst) |
| 1979-1980 | Duke (asst) |
| 1977-1978 | West Virginia (asst) |
| 1976-1977 | Stetson (asst) |
Steve Steinwedel Facts
- Steve Steinwedel
- Born July 18, 1953
- Hometown: Seymour, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Mississippi State University (BA, 1975)
- Played basketball for two seasons at Mississippi State under head coach Kermit Davis, Sr.
- Started his coaching career in 1976, spending the season assisting Glenn Wilkes at Stetson
- Spent one season on Joedy Gardner‘s staff at West Virginia and then one season at Duke under Bill E. Foster
- Followed Foster to South Carolina in 1980, working with the Gamecocks program for the next five years
- Hired in 1985 to be the head coach at Delaware, leading the Hens for ten seasons
- Compiled a 163-121 overall record at Delaware, highlighted by back-to-back 22+ win seasons (1992-93)
- Won the America East (then NAC) Tournament to get NCAA bids in both of those seasons, while also claiming the NAC regular season title in 1992
- Resigned from his position in 1995, leaving as the program’s leader in coaching victories
- Compiled a 163-121 overall record at Delaware, highlighted by back-to-back 22+ win seasons (1992-93)
Steve Steinwedel Coaching Tree
- Larry Davis (Furman)
- Dennis Felton (Cleveland State, Georgia, Western Kentucky)
- Anthony Solomon (St. Bonaventure)
- Stan Waterman (Delaware State)