Steve Shields (basketball)

Steve Shields
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Arkansas–Little Rock
Record 132–112 (.541)
Biographical details
Born March 9, 1965 (1965-03-09) (age 46)
Playing career
McLennan CC
Baylor
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1993
1993–1994
1995–1996
1996–2000
2000–2003
2003–present
Reicher Catholic HS (asst.)
Reicher Catholic HS
McLennan CC (asst.)
Pensacola JC (asst.)
Kilgore CC (asst.)
McLennan CC
Arkansas–Little Rock (asst.)
Arkansas–Little Rock
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2004)

Steve Shields (born March 9, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and current 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 2003–04 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 player 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

Season Team Overall
Arkansas–Little Rock ({{{conference}}}) (2003–present)
2003–2004 Arkansas–Little Rock 17–12 9–5 1st (East)
2004–2005 Arkansas–Little Rock 18–10 10–4 1st (East)
2005–2006 Arkansas–Little Rock 14–15 5–9 4th (East)
2006–2007 Arkansas–Little Rock 13–17 8–10 5th (West)
2007–2008 Arkansas–Little Rock 20–11 11–7 1st (West)
2008–2009 Arkansas–Little Rock 23–8 15–3 1st (West)
2009–2010 Arkansas–Little Rock 8-22 4-14 6th (West)
2010–2011 Arkansas–Little Rock 19–17 7–9 5th (West)
Arkansas–Little Rock: 132–112 69–61
Total: 132–112

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

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