:Steve Merfeld
{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Steve Merfeld
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Assistant to the head coach
Director of player development{{cite web|url=https://gocreighton.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/steve-merfeld/4144|title=Steve Merfeld|publisher=Creighton University Athletics|access-date=15 March 2023}}
| current_team = Creighton
| current_conference = Big East
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bloomington, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Wisconsin–La Crosse
| coach_years1 = 1986–1996
| coach_team1 = Bowling Green (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1996–1997
| coach_team2 = Hampton (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1997–2002
| coach_team3 = Hampton
| coach_years4 = 2002–2007
| coach_team4 = Evansville
| coach_years5 = 2007–2009
| coach_team5 = Bradley (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2010–present
| coach_team6 = Creighton (asst.)
| overall_record = {{winpct|144|148|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 1–2 (NCAA Division I)
| championships =
- 2 MEAC tournament (2001, 2002)
- 2 MEAC regular season (2001, 2002)
| awards = *MEAC Coach of the Year (2002)
| coaching_records =
}}
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.{{cite web|author=Anonymous |url=http://www.pjstar.com/news_now/x1758555468/Merfeld-leaving-BU-program |title=Bradley assistant coach Merfeld departs - Peoria, IL |publisher=pjstar.com |date= |access-date=October 30, 2012}}
Merfeld joined Greg McDermott's staff at Creighton prior to the 2010–11 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.pjstar.com/article/20100510/NEWS/305109914 |title=Merfeld to be named Creighton assistant |publisher=Peoria Journal Star |date=May 10, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2019}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Hampton Pirates
|startyear=1997
|conference=Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
|endyear=2002
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Hampton
| overall = 14–12
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Hampton
| overall = 8–19
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Hampton
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2000–01
| name = Hampton
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2001–02
| name = Hampton
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Hampton
| overall = {{winpct|90|57|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|63|27|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Evansville Purple Aces
|startyear=2002
|conference=Missouri Valley Conference
|endyear=2007
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Evansville
| overall = 12–16
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Evansville
| overall = 7–22
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Evansville
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = T–9th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Evansville
| overall = 10–19
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Evansville
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Evansville
| overall = {{winpct|54|91|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|29|61|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall={{winpct|144|148|record=y}}
|poll=no
|polltype=
}}
References
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{{Hampton Pirates basketball coach navbox}}
{{Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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