“Early on in my career I knew I wanted to coach,” said Kory Alford, son of Steve Alford, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. After a long day of waiting, Dan Guerrero finally decided to remove Steve Alford as the head coach of the UCLA men’s basketball program. This marks the Hurricanes eighth year to provide expanded opportunities for youth to play and enjoy the game of basketball, support the development of character, sportsmanship and advance the visibility of youth basketball in the Gainesville, VA. and surrounding areas. [1] Alford's wife Tanya said, "Everybody talks about his hair, his all-American image, how mothers would want him to marry their daughter. [8][13] He accepted the UCLA position just three days after he had signed a 10-year extension at New Mexico. UNM received a fifth seed in the NCAA West region, and they defeated Casper Ware and the Long Beach State 49ers in their first game of the NCAA Tournament. Born: November 23, 1964 Alma Mater: Indiana (1987) As Player: 125 G, 19.5 PPG, Indiana (Full Record) Career Record (major schools): 26 Years, 543-290, .652 W-L% Schools: Missouri State (78-48), Iowa (152-106), New Mexico (155-52), UCLA (124-63) and Nevada (34-21) Conference Champion: 4 Times (Reg. [41], In 2015–16, UCLA finished with a 15–17 record, the fourth time the program finished with a losing record since 1948, when John Wooden became the coach. [1], Alford embodied the "David versus Goliath" image of Indiana basketball popularized in the hit movie Hoosiers (released in 1986 while Alford was at Indiana). [21] The coach groomed his son over LaVine to be the team's backup point guard behind starter Kyle Anderson. [37] The Bruins went 1–1 in the 2015 Pac-12 Tournament,[38] but proved most major projections wrong by receiving an invitation to the 2015 NCAA tournament, earning a No. [58] It was the first time the program had made a coaching change in the middle of the season. Back when Alford was the head coach at Southwest Missouri State, sometime in between 1995-99, his team had a road game one day at Illinois State. [2] His team advanced to the state quarterfinal but lost to Connersville in the 1983 state tournament. The book recounts how Knight once criticized Alford's work habits and leadership ability, telling him he couldn't "lead a whore into bed." Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). It was the first time in UCLA's history that they had been relegated to a First Four play-in game. Born and raised in Indiana, he was a two-time consensus first-team All-American as a college basketball player for the Indiana Hoosiers. He has coached teams … Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament, Reg. tournament. On March 30, 2013, Alford signed a seven-year, $18.2-million contract to become the head coach of the UCLA Bruins,[8] joining a program that has won a record 11 national titles. Do you have a sports website? [51], National champion   [50] However, he failed to win a Pac-12 regular-season title, and his only Pac-12 Tournament title was in his first season. As Player: 125 G, 19.5 PPG, Indiana (Full Record), Career Record (major schools): 26 Years, 544-291, .651 W-L%, Schools: Missouri State (78-48), Iowa (152-106), New Mexico (155-52), UCLA (124-63) and Nevada (35-22), Conference Champion: 4 Times (Reg. New Mexico was primed to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament after winning the MWC conference tournament for the second straight year. When Alford began coaching that team, the team had lost its first eight games. Additionally, atweet from Jon Rothstein reports Alford will not pursue the Indiana job. However, with everyone coming back (with the exception of Gary), the following season seemed to hold promise. After playing professionally for four years in the National Basketball Association(NBA), he has been a college head co… During his four seasons with the team, Alford had a record of 78–29. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 26, 5:22AM. Update: Stadium's Jeff Goodman reports Indiana will not consider Steve Alford as a serious candidate for its head-coaching position. Although his first game as coach was a 70–68 victory against the defending national champion Connecticut Huskies at Madison Square Garden, his team went 14-16 during his first season at Iowa. Sonny Allen (at Nevada from 1980 to 1987) coached 12 times against UNLV, but had the misfortune of taking his Big Sky-caliber Pack teams up against some national-level UNLV teams… Alford and his New Mexico squad fell just short of the NCAA tourney and ended up with their second consecutive NIT bid. He helped the Hoosiers claim their fifth national championship, and finished his career as Indiana's all-time leading scorer. Sam often moved for various coaching jobs. An official announcement from UCLA is … [1] Eventually the Alfords settled in New Castle, Indiana, where Steve played on the New Castle Chrysler High School basketball team with his dad as coach. He was suspended from the team and redshirted. After graduation, Alford wrote a book about his college playing experiences entitled Playing for Knight: My Six Seasons with Coach Knight.[4]. Former UCLA coach Steve Alford has been signed to a 10-year deal to become the next coach at Nevada, the school announced on Thursday.. Alford was … In his second season, led by seniors Daniel Faris, Tony Danridge and Chad Toppert, Alford guided the Lobos to their first conference championship in 15 years. [53][54] The 15-point setback was the most lopsided home loss in Alford's tenure with UCLA. "[60], This article is about the basketball person. [9] In 2004, Iowa lost to St. Louis in the first round of the NIT to finish 16–13 despite a 9–7 conference record (the first winning Big Ten Conference record under Alford). [13][19][20] The Bruins had rarely sought players who were not four- or five-star recruits,[19] while Bryce was rated a consensus three-star prospect. [42] The team missed the NCAA Tournament for just the third time in 10 years. That was the case … UNM then went on to have a 10-4 conference regular season record and a share of the conference title with arch-rival San Diego State. Drew Gordon and Dairese Gary led a talented team that underachieved much throughout the year into the conference tournament. During his final three seasons, Alford earned first team all-Big Ten honors. The loss to Bo Ryan's University of Wisconsin-Platteville team marked the only title game in NCAA history matching two undefeated squads. That season, leading scorer Pierre Pierce was charged with raping a female Iowa athlete. Kayla Alford has no specific occupation, however, her great amount of wealth and stardom came from her family where her father is the former NBA player and current coach. Alford won his third MWC coach of the year honor, and New Mexico garnered another Player of the Year award in Kendall Williams. UNM was picked to win the league for the first time in Alford's five years at the helm, but the team started a questionable 2-2 with losses to home state rival NMSU and a bottom feeder WCC team in Santa Clara. New Mexico fans all defended him till the end. [1] Knight later admitted Alford was in fact an incredible worker and leader and the comments were just Knight's method of motivating players. He guided UCLA to the NCAA Tournament four times in five years, including three times to the Sweet 16. Kory Alford, 27, shown with the University of Nevada men’s basketball team last November in a game vs. Southern Cal, has “a million” ideas about how we wants to coach. In 1994 and 1995 Manchester won conference titles, and in Alford's final three seasons the team competed in the NCAA Division III Tournament. [1], As a high school freshman Alford barely averaged a point a game, but then averaged 18.7 the next season. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The team advanced to the Division III championship game in 1995, placing second in the nation after suffering its first defeat in 32 games.       Division regular season champion Stephen Todd Alford a.k.a. "Sources: Steve Alford is committed to staying at Nevada and will not pursue the head coaching vacancy at Indiana," Rothstein wrote on Twitter Monday afternoon. [38][39] The squad became the lowest-seed UCLA team to ever reach the regional semifinals. Steve Alford is a former basketball shootout/point guard who played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, 1994, and 1995 Alford was named the Indiana Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. They won a first round home game against Nebraska and lost on a last second buzzer beater on the road to Notre Dame. The past 10 months Neal worked in Monaco as the countries director of sport where he oversaw 23 youth teams for the ASM Basketball Association comprised of players from age nine to 21. Also hired were David Grace, a rising assistant who spent 2008–2013 on the Oregon State staff, and Duane Broussard, who spent 2008–2013 as Alford's assistant at New Mexico. In 1999 Alford was also inducted into Manchester's Hall of Fame. Alford also set a record for most wins in the first two seasons for a UNM head coach. He has coached at Manchester University, Southwest Missouri State University, the University of Iowa and the University of New Mexico. [53] However, they lost six of the next nine and finished with a 7–6 record in nonconference play, closing it out with four straight losses, the last of which was a 73–58 defeat to Liberty. 11 seed in NCAA Tournament, will play SMU", "As UCLA season ends, Kevon Looney keeps options open", "UCLA can't shoot way out of trouble, loses to Gonzaga in NCAA Sweet 16", "USC earns third straight win over UCLA, 95-71, in Pac-12 tournament", "Bruins' many weaknesses are exposed by the Trojans in Pac-12 Conference tournament", "Coach Steve Alford apologizes to UCLA fans, says he will return contract extension", "Reports: Steve Alford to be fired by UCLA", "Whicker: No more minutes for Aaron Holiday, or chances for UCLA", "Bonnies stun UCLA 65-58 for 1st NCAA Tourney win in 48 years", "UCLA simply got outplayed in its play-in game", "Steve Alford is out as UCLA's head coach", "UCLA fires basketball coach Steve Alford", "Steve Alford's UCLA run ends with Liberty rock bottom", "UCLA suffers disappointing 73-58 loss to Liberty, the Bruins' fourth straight defeat", "Liberty extends UCLA's woes with 73-58 victory", "UCLA falls to Liberty, closing non-conference play with fourth straight loss", "Pac-12 caps worst December by major conference in 20 years as five teams lose", https://uclabruins.com/news/2018/12/31/mens-basketball-ucla-head-coach-steve-alford-relieved-of-duties.aspx, "It's UCLA by a nose over USC in Pac-12 quarterfinals", 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans, 1987 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Alford&oldid=1013984942, All-American college men's basketball players, Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Basketball players at the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four, Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players, Manchester Spartans men's basketball coaches, Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball coaches, New Mexico Lobos men's basketball coaches, Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball, United States men's national basketball team players, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 24 March 2021, at 15:13.       Division regular season and conference tournament champion Alford was named the head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball program on March 22, 1999. The Hawkeyes' conference record dropped to 5–11 during the 2001–02 season, but they defeated Purdue, Wisconsin, and Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament before losing to Ohio State in the finals. In 2005, in a separate incident, Pierce was charged with sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend, and he was dismissed from the team before charges were filed. Steve Alford is a basketball player born in Franklin, Indiana who played for Indiana University. 3 seed Lobos were upset by an underdog 14th-seeded Harvard team,[8] who won their first NCAA tournament game in school history. When UNM hired Steve Alford six years ago we had to deal with trolls from other sites speaking badly of our coach. After leaving the NBA, Alford has coached six teams: Manchester, Missouri State, Iowa, New Mexico, UCLA, and, currently, Nevada. The Bruins were eliminated from the 2016 Pac-12 Tournament after a 95–71 loss to USC, losing three consecutive times in the same season to their crosstown rivals for the first time in 74 years. 17. In the Legends of College Basketball by The Sporting News Alford was #35 on the list of the 100 greatest Division-I college basketball players. Born and raised in Indiana, he was a two-time consensus first-team All-American as a college basketball player for the Indiana Hoosiers. During his tenure, UCLA had 11 players selected in the NBA draft, including seven first-round picks. At the conclusion of the 2006–2007 season, Alford resigned from the University of Iowa to accept the coaching position at the University of New Mexico. [49] Another banner was flown over campus, this time reading "Final Fours not First Fours #FireAlford. They won the first two rounds of the 2003 tournament against Valparaiso and Iowa State before losing to Georgia Tech, finishing with a 17–14 record. In the next season Manchester posted a record of 23–4, and in his fourth and final season his team finished 31–1. [9][10] However, Alford's reputation among Iowa fans suffered. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. If he did not make eight, he would punish himself with fingertip push-ups or wind sprints. [1] By his senior year in 1983, before the three-point line was even implemented, Alford averaged 37.7 points per game and earned the Indiana "Mr. Basketball" award. [1], Alford is considered one of the best free throw shooters in the history of the game. “Obviously, following my dad and grandpa, I’ve been around it forever.” Before Huntington’s game against Goshen, Alford speaks with his grandparents, Sam and Sharon Alford. If Coach respects you and knows you can handle it, he'll do that. Author John Feinstein was granted unprecedented access to the Indiana basketball program and insights into Knight's coaching style. ), NCAA Tournament: 11 Years (11-11), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships. "[13], In 2018–19 in Alford's sixth year at UCLA,[50] he brought in a top-10 recruiting class which included 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center Moses Brown. "Wolf Pack should have a … Alford then became a college head coach. [1] In his workouts he would pick a spot on the floor and take ten shots. The game was decided by a game-winning jump shot by Keith Smart with five seconds remaining. He has spoken openly about his faith, saying, "I'm a Christian first. Dan Dakich, Alford's former teammate and later an interim Indiana coach, said of him, "Basically, he owns all of Indiana." Join our linker program. He played the point guard and shooting guard position for the Hoosiers for four seasons between 1983 and 1987. Well, that's a pretty accurate image. Alford was the first player to be named the team's MVP four times. During his second year (2000–01) the Hawkeyes went 23–12 in the regular season and 7–9 in the Big Ten Conference regular season, but they won the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament with four straight wins against Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, and Indiana. The Pack posted a 12-6 mark in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second in the conference standings. [34][35][36] UCLA closed out the regular season with three straight home wins to finish undefeated (9–0) at home in the conference for the first time since 2006–07. The 2011-2012 season began with a rough patch. Alford agreed to a 10-year deal to coach at Nevada, which came … Do you have a blog? From 1980 - 82, Steve coached Ft. Hunt High School. In his first full season as coach the team posted a record of 20–8. [40] They benefitted from a controversial goaltending call and a favorable second-round matchup with No. Over his career, he started three games, scored 744 points, had 176 assists and shot free throws with an accuracy of 87 percent. In this game Alford played alongside Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin and Wayman Tisdale. [24], After Anderson and LaVine left UCLA for the National Basketball Association (NBA), Bryce became the Bruins' starting point guard in 2014–15. Alford was dismissed from UCLA on December 31, 2018, prior to the start of Pac-12 play. The Indiana coaching job opened Monday, and whenever that's been the case the last couple of decades, one name has typically popped up alongside it, that being Steve Alford. [18] In his first season, fans accused Alford of nepotism for playing his son Bryce over fellow freshman Zach LaVine. Alford averaged 10.3 points per game, was second in assists, and shot .644 from the field. [56] Their offense had grown stagnant. He led them to a national championship in 1987. The picture above has made her somewhat famous, as she shows during a game she is as passionate as her husband for the sport. The Hawkeyes finished 21-12 with a 7-9 conference record in the 2004-2005 regular season, but they won their first two Big Ten Tournament games against Purdue and Michigan State before losing the third game to Wisconsin, 59-56. "Things came up, and this is the decision he had to make," senior guard Mike Henderson said after Alford told players of his decision during a team meeting Thursday. Alford was selected in the second round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, and played four years in the league with Dallas and the Golden State Warriors. He led them to a national championship in 1987. Conf. [12] Their 2010-2011 season ended with an NIT loss to Alabama 74-67. The 2010-2011 season started with Alford's group at 12-4 after non-conference play, but the team struggled to an 8-8 conference regular season record. For the American politician, see. The team seemed poised to make a run in the MWC conference tournament, but a tragic ACL injury to Gary in the semi-finals against BYU proved to be too much to overcome for this young UNM squad. As a sophomore Alford was named to the 1985 NIT Tournament All-Tournament team after the Hoosiers finished second behind UCLA. 1 Kentucky—they fell behind 24–0 and trailed 41–7 at halftime—and by 32 points against Utah. [51] He also added assistant coach Murry Bartow to improve the team's defense. Alford quickly became the face of Indiana basketball and a fan favorite throughout the state. He and his teammates went on to win the gold medal at the 1984 games. Or write about sports? 14 seed Alabama Birmingham to advance to the Sweet 16,[13] when they lost again to Gonzaga. He's about as good a scorer for being strictly a jump shooter as I've ever seen. He was only the second coach in UCLA's 100-year history to never win a conference regular-season title; his highest finish was second place in his first season. [57] On December 31, 2018, two days after the Bruins' loss to Liberty, UCLA announced that Alford had been fired. Two weeks after his hiring, Alford apologized for declaring Pierce's innocence "before the legal system had run its course. At the end of his college career, Coach Knight said, "He's gotten more out of his abilities offensively than anybody I've seen play college basketball. He earned the MWC Coach of the Year Award for his team's performance. "[9] Criticism grew over his hiring, especially over his handling of Pierce. Alford was named head coach at the University of New Mexico on March 23, 2007 replacing the fired Ritchie McKay. 2018-19 Hurricanes Coaches . 22 before losing two of three games at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. Following his time at Manchester, Alford was named the head coach at Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University. He learned to count as a three-year-old by watching the numbers tick off the scoreboard in Monroe City, where his father, Sam Alford, coached the high school team. At Indiana, he became the university's all-time leading scorer with 2,438 points (a record later eclipsed by Calbert Cheaney, who went on to become the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer). This was the first of three straight seasons that the Hawkeyes played in the NIT under Alford. The standings reflects the team's position at the time of Alford's departure. Iowa failed to make the NCAA tournament or the NIT. This was inappropriate, insensitive and hurtful, especially to the young female victim involved, and I apologize for that. [59] He became a professional basketball player and is currently playing in Germany. Are you a Stathead, too? 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