Steve Steinwedel

Steve Steinwedel (born July 18, 1953) is an American former college basketball coach who most notably coached for ten seasons at Delaware.^[1]

Steve Steinwedel

Biographical details
Born	(1953-07-18) July 18, 1953 (age 72) Seymour, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1972–1975	Mississippi State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1977	Stetson (assistant)
1977–1978	West Virginia (assistant)
1979–1980	Duke (assistant)
1980–1985	South Carolina (assistant)
1985–1995	Delaware
Head coaching record
Overall	163–121 (.574)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NAC regular season (1992) 2 NAC tournament (1992, 1993)
Awards
NAC Coach of the Year (1992)

Coaching career

After a player career at Mississippi State, Steinwedel began his coaching career as an assistant at Stetson, before moving on to assistant coaching spots at West Virginia, Duke, and South Carolina. He was named the head coach at Delaware in 1985. During the 1991-92 season, with future NBA Draft selection Spencer Dunkley on the team, Steinwedel led the Fightin' Blue Hens to a school record 27-4 mark, and went an undefeated 14-0 in the North Atlantic Conference en route to the 1992 NCAA Tournament, the first postseason appearance in school history. It was followed up by another tournament appearance in 1993. Despite the success, Steienwedel was forced to resign in 1995.^[2]

Post-coaching career

Stienwedel never coached college basketball after leaving Delaware, but stayed in the area working as a counselor. He currently serves as the director and co-founder of the Community for Integrative Learning.^[3]

College coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (East Coast Conference) (1985–1991)
1985–86	Delaware	11–16	4–10	8th
1986–87	Delaware	12–16	3–11	8th
1987–88	Delaware	19–9	9–5	2nd
1988–89	Delaware	14–14	6–8	6th
1989–90	Delaware	16–13	7–7	4th
1990–91	Delaware	16–13	8–4	2nd
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (North Atlantic Conference) (1991–1995)
1991–92	Delaware	27–4	14–0	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1992–93	Delaware	22–8	10–4	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Delaware	14–13	7–7	5th
1994–95	Delaware	12–15	7–9	7th
Delaware:		163–121 (.574)	75–65 (.536)
Total:		163–121 (.574)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion