Travis Steele
Travis Steele (born November 12, 1983)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Miami Redhawks
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Xavier record: 70-50 (.583)
Miami (OH) record: 27-37 (.422)
Overall record: 97-87 (.527)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2019, 2022)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Miami (OH) |
| 2018-2022 | Xavier |
| 2016-2018 | Xavier (assoc. HC) |
| 2009-2016 | Xavier (asst) |
| 2008-2009 | Xavier (DBO) |
| 2008 | Indiana (asst) |
| 2006-2008 | Indiana (video) |
| 2005-2006 | Wabash Valley (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | Ohio State (grad. asst) |
Travis Steele Facts
- Travis Steele
- Born November 12, 1983
- Hometown: Danville, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Butler University (BA, 2004)
- Started coaching during his undergrad years at Butler, assisting at Ben Davis HS in Indianapolis for three seasons
- Also coached on the AAU circuit in Indianapolis from 2001-2006
- After graduating, spent one year at Ohio State as a graduate assistant on Thad Matta‘s first staff
- Worked as an assistant at Wabash Valley for one year before joining Kelvin Sampson‘s staff at Indiana as video coordinator
- After Sampson was let go in 2008, Steele served as an assistant under interim head coach Dan Dakich
- Originally came to Xavier in 2008, hired as DBO by then head coach Sean Miller
- Retained as an assistant coach under new head coach Chris Mack in 2009 and promoted to associate head coach in 2016
- Was on the sidelines for some of the most successful seasons in XU history, including a Big East title in 2018 and four Sweet Sixteens
- Promoted to head coach at Xavier in March 2018, following Mack’s departure to Louisville
- Went 19-16 in his first season, reaching the second round of the 2019 NIT
- Fired in March 2022 after going 70-50 in four seasons with two NITs but no NCAA Tournaments
- Later that same month, Steele was announced as the new head coach at Miami (OH)
- Along with his wife, Amanda, has one son; Steele is the brother of current Akron head coach John Groce
Travis Steele Coaching Tree
- Jonas Hayes (Georgia State, Xavier)
- Ben Johnson (Minnesota)
