Steve Alford
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
New Castle, IN
High School:
Chrysler High School
- Won two Big Ten Conference Tournament championships (2001 and 2006)
- Coach of Manchester's NCAA Division III Tournament runner-up in 1995
- Major-college career playing statistics under Bob Knight (19.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 53.3 FG%, 89.8 FT%, 53 3FG%). Three-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection was a second-team choice as a sophomore in 1984-85. All-American in 1986 (AP1, NABC1, UPI2) and 1987 (AP1, NABC1, UPI1, USBWA1). Second-round NBA draft choice of the Dallas Mavericks in 1987 averaged 4.4 ppg with the Mavericks and Golden State Warriors in three seasons from 1987-88 through 1989-90
- Final Top 25 Rankings (four: AP/USA)--1999 (NR/24), 2001 (24/NR), 2006 (15/23) and 2010 (8/16)
- All-Americans (one): New Mexico's Darington Hobson (2010).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester* | 4-16 | 3-11 | 8th | ICAC | DNP | |
Manchester | 20-8 | 7-5 | T-3rd | ICAC | DIII (0-1) | |
Manchester | 23-4 | 10-2 | 1st | ICAC | DIII (0-1) | |
Manchester | 31-1 | 12-0 | 1st | ICAC | DIII (5-1) | |
Southwest Missouri State | 16-12 | 11-7 | 4th | DNP | ||
Southwest Missouri State | 24-9 | 12-6 | T-2nd | NIT (0-1) | ||
Southwest Missouri State | 16-16 | 11-7 | T-3rd | DNP | ||
Southwest Missouri State | 22-11 | 11-7 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | ||
14-16 | 6-10 | T-7th | DNP | |||
23-12 | 7-9 | T-6th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-16 | 5-11 | T-8th | NIT (0-1) | |||
17-14 | 7-9 | T-8th | NIT (2-1) | |||
16-13 | 9-7 | 4th | NIT (0-1) | |||
21-12 | 7-9 | 7th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
18-11 | 10-6 | 5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
17-14 | 9-7 | T-4th | DNP | |||
24-9 | 11-5 | 3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
22-12 | 12-4 | T-1st | NIT (1-1) | |||
30-5 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
2011-12 |
* Assumed control of program after team got off to an 0-8 start.
- 19-Year Coaching Record: 377-211 (.641) overall
- 78-29 (.729) in four years at Manchester (IN) College
- 78-48 (.619) in four years at Southwest Missouri State
- 145-108 (.573) in eight years at Iowa
- 76-26 (.745) in first three years at New Mexico
- 32-18 (.640) in Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference
- 45-27 (.625) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 60-68 (.469) in Big Ten Conference
- 37-11 (.771) in Mountain West Conference
- 6-4 (.600) in MVC Tournament
- 13-6 (.684) in Big Ten Tournament
- 1-3 (.250) in Mountain West Tournament
- 4-5 (.444) in NCAA Division I Tournament
- 3-6 (.333) in NIT
- 5-3 (.625) in NCAA Division III Tournament