Barry Stevens (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Barry Stevens

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|11|07}}

| birth_place = Flint, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|2|21|1963|11|7}}

| death_place = Gary, Indiana, U.S.

| high_school = Flint Northwestern (Flint, Michigan)

| college = Iowa State (1981–1985)

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 43

| draft_team = Denver Nuggets

| career_start = 1986

| career_end = 1994

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| career_number = 35, 34

| years1 = 1986–1987

| team1 = Wisconsin Flyers

| years2 = 1986–1987

| team2 = Wyoming Wildcatters

| years3 = 1988–1990

| team3 = Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets

| years4 = 1990–1992

| team4 = Columbus Horizon

| years5 = 1991–1992

| team5 = Wichita Falls Texans

| years6 = 1992–1993

| team6 = Fargo-Moorhead Fever

| years7 = 1992–1993

| team7 = Rockford Lightning

| years8 = {{nbay|1992|end}}

| team8 = Golden State Warriors

| years9 = 1993–1994

| team9 = Tri-City Chinook

| highlights =

• 3x First-team All-Big Eight (1983–1985)
• No. 35 retired by Iowa State Cyclones

}}

Barry Wayne Stevens (November 7, 1963 – February 21, 2007) was an American basketball player.{{cite news |author1=John Naughton |title=Stevens' magic lingers on for Iowa State basketball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108302279/stevens-magic-lingers-on-for-iowa/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=31 July 2011 |pages=1C, 8C |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} He was born in Flint, Michigan.{{cite news |author1=Al Hamnik |title=A shooting star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56175057/the-times/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |work=The Times of Northwest Indiana |date=1 March 2007 |page=B5 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} Stevens is the third-leading scorer in Iowa State University history.[http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46661&SPID=4252&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1134813 Cyclones Honor Barry Stevens], released July 21, 2007

Stevens, a {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|adj=on}} shooting guard, played professionally as well; briefly for the NBA's Golden State Warriors during 1992-93 season. Stevens played six total NBA minutes in two game appearances with the Warriors. He also played in Asia, South America and Europe.[http://www.post-trib.com/sports/268338,stevens.article Former Steelheads coach dies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308074451/http://www.post-trib.com/sports/268338%2Cstevens.article |date=March 8, 2007 }}, Feb. 22, 2007

From June 2001 to June 2002 he was both the director of basketball operations and head coach of the CBA's Gary Steelheads, lasting one season.

In February 2007, Stevens died of a heart attack while exercising in Gary, Indiana, aged 43.{{cite news |author1=Randy Peterson |author2=John Naughton |author3=Sean Keller |title=Stevens, who made Hilton magic, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108301467/stevens-who-made-hilton-magic-dies/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=22 February 2007 |pages=3C, 7C |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}[https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=ncb&id=2774279 Former Iowa State star Stevens dies during workout], Feb. 21, 2007 A celebrity all-star game was played in July 2007, in order to raise money for the Barry Stevens Foundation and the American Heart Association.