Steve Merfeld

Steve Merfeld

Current position
Title	Assistant to the head coach Director of player development
Team	Creighton
Conference	Big East
Biographical details
Born	(1961-09-23) September 23, 1961 Bloomington, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	Wisconsin–La Crosse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1996	Bowling Green (asst.)
1996–1997	Hampton (asst.)
1997–2002	Hampton
2002–2007	Evansville
2007–2009	Bradley (asst.)
2010–present	Creighton (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	144–148 (.493)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MEAC tournament (2001, 2002) 2 MEAC regular season (2001, 2002)
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2002)

Stephen Mark Merfeld (born September 23, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. He currently is the associate head men's basketball coach at Creighton University and previously served as head coach at Hampton University and the University of Evansville.

Career

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Merfeld began his coaching career with a ten-year stint as an assistant under Jim Larrañaga at Bowling Green State. He then joined the staff at Hampton, where he was promoted to head coach in 1997 after one season as an assistant coach. Merfeld coached the Hampton Pirates to back-to-back NCAA tournaments, including a first-round upset of second-seeded Iowa State in 2001. The shot of Hampton forward David Johnson lifting a jubilant Merfeld in the air in celebration after the Pirates' 2001 upset remains a memorable event in March Madness history.

After being named Mid-Major Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com in 2002, Merfeld departed Hampton to become the head coach at Evansville, a position he remained in until 2007.

In December 2009, he stepped down as an assistant coach at Bradley University.

Merfeld joined Greg McDermott's staff at Creighton prior to the 2010–11 season.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hampton Pirates (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–2002)
1997–98	Hampton	14–12	11–7	T–3rd
1998–99	Hampton	8–19	8–10	8th
1999–2000	Hampton	17–12	13–5	T–2nd
2000–01	Hampton	25–7	14–4	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2001–02	Hampton	26–7	17–1	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Hampton:		90–57 (.612)	63–27 (.700)
Evansville Purple Aces (Missouri Valley Conference) (2002–2007)
2002–03	Evansville	12–16	8–10	T–5th
2003–04	Evansville	7–22	5–13	T–8th
2004–05	Evansville	11–17	5–13	T–9th
2005–06	Evansville	10–19	5–13	T–7th
2006–07	Evansville	14–17	6–12	T–7th
Evansville:		54–91 (.372)	29–61 (.322)
Total:		144–148 (.493)
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