Steve Shields (basketball coach)

College coach infobox


Name = Steve Shields
Sport = Basketball
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College = Arkansas-Little Rock
Title = Head coach
Awards = Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2004)
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CurrentRecord = 62-50 (.554)
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CoachYears = 1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1993
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2003–present
CoachTeams = Reicher Catholic HS (asst.)
Reicher Catholic HS
McLennan CC (asst.)
Pensacola JC (asst.)
Kilgore CC (asst.)
McLennan CC
Arkansas-Little Rock (asst.)
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Steve Shields (born May 9, 1965) is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He took over as head coach prior to the start of the 2003-2004 season.

Shields began his tenure at Arkansas-Little Rock as an assistant to Porter Moser in 2000, and served as his assistant until 2003, when Moser left to take the head coaching position at Illinois State University.

Prior to joining the Trojans' staff, Shields had worked as an assistant for six years at three different community colleges before accepting the head job in 1996 at McLennan Community College, where he had previously spent time as an assistant.

Shields started his collegiate career as a basketball players at Oklahoma City University, where he sat out his freshman year as a redshirt. He transferred and played basketball for one year at McLennan Community College before transferring again to Baylor University. Shields played golf for his father at Baylor, earning all-conference honors. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in education.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
conference=*
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name=Arkansas-Little Rock
startyear=2003
conf=Sun Belt Conference
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championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = Arkansas-Little Rock
overall = 17-12
conference = 9-5
confstanding = 1st (East)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = Arkansas-Little Rock
overall = 18-10
conference = 10-4
confstanding = 1st (East)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = Arkansas-Little Rock
overall = 14-15
conference = 5-9
confstanding = 4th (East)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = Arkansas-Little Rock
overall = 13-17
conference = 8-10
confstanding = 5th (West)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Arkansas-Little Rock
overall = 62-50
confrecord = 32-28CBB Yearly Record End
overall=62-50

References

* [http://www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=35718&SPID=2823&DB_OEM_ID=7400&ATCLID=209087&Q_SEASON=2007 Bio on Arkansas-Little Rock's athletics page]