Steve Pikiell

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Steve Pikiell

Title Head coach
College Stony Brook
Sport Basketball
Place of birth Flag of the United States Bristol, Connecticut
Career highlights
Playing career
1987–1991 UConn
Position Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992
1992
1993–1995
1995–1996
1997–2001
2001–2005
2005–present
UConn (asst.)
New Haven Skyhawks (asst.)
Yale (asst.)
Wesleyan
Central Connecticut State (asst.)
George Washington (asst.)
Stony Brook

Steve Pikiell is the head men's basketball coach at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Pikiell's record 13-44 through two seasons. A 1990 graduate of the University of Connecticut, Pikiell was a point guard, two-year captain and four-year letterwinner for the Huskies from 1987-91. UConn won its first Big East title and advanced to the "Elite Eight" and "Sweet 16" during the two years that Pikiell captained the Huskies. He played in 106 career games and averaged 8.2 points a game as a freshman. In 1991, Pikiell was given the UConn Club Senior Athlete Award for outstanding contributions to UConn athletics. After graduation Pikiell went on to Assistant coach at many schools including; Yale, UConn, and GW. Pikiell was the first Uconn Alum, who played for Calhoun who has gone on to coach a Division I school.