Steve Yoder
Steve Yoder (born 1939)
Teams coached: Ball State Cardinals, Wisconsin Badgers
Ball State record: 77-62 (.554)
Wisconsin record: 128-165 (.437)
Overall record: 205-227 (.475)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1981)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1989, 1991)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1981, 1982)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 1 (1981)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 2 (1981, 1982)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2014-2017 | Houston (DBO) |
1982-1992 | Wisconsin |
1977-1982 | Ball State |
1976-1977 | Ball State (asst) |
1973-1975 | Furman (asst) |
Steve Yoder Facts
- Stephen Kent Yoder
- Born 1939
- Hometown: Plymouth, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Illinois Wesleyan University (BA, 1962) / Saint Francis College (MA, 1970)
- Graduated from Plymouth HS (IN) and went on to basketball and baseball at Illinois Wesleyan
- Started coaching right after graduating, working first as an assistant coach at Glen Ellyn JHS (IL)
- Spent three years as an assistant at his alma mater – Plymouth HS – before serving as head coach for six seasons
- Won three sectional titles in six years and was named District One COY in 1973
- Worked as an assistant coach under Joe Williams for two years at Furman before returning to Indiana to coach at Penn HS
- Joined Jim Holstein’s staff at Ball State in 1976 and then took over as the Cardinals’ head coach a year later
- Went 77-62 in five seasons at the helm, culminating in back-to-back MAC regular season titles
- Led the Cardinals to the 1981 NCAA Tournament, the first such appearance for the program at the D-I level
- Left BSU for Wisconsin in 1982, leading the Badgers for the next ten seasons
- Was 128-165 during that tenure, reaching the NIT in both 1989 and 1991
- Those were the first ever NIT berths for the program and first postseason appearances since 1947
- Resigned in March 1992 following a 13-18 (4-14) season
- Was 128-165 during that tenure, reaching the NIT in both 1989 and 1991
- After stepping away from coaching, Yoder worked in television with Raycom and ESPN
- Worked as a scout in the NBA, first with the Indiana Pacers (2000-03) and later with the New York Knicks (2003-11)
- Made a return to the college game in 2014, spending three seasons as DBO for Kelvin Sampson at Houston
- Retired at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season; basketball career spanned over 50 years
- Along with his wife, Marcia, has four sons and three daughters
Steve Yoder Coaching Tree
- Brian Good (Wingate, Queens NC, MSOE)
- Ray McCallum (Detroit Mercy, Houston, Ball State)
- Howard Moore (UIC)
- Scott Roth (Iowa Wolves, Bakersfield Jam, overseas)
- Bo Ryan (Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Platteville)
- James Whitford (Ball State)