Brook Steppe

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Brook Steppe

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|07}}

| birth_place = Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.

| high_school = North Springs
(Atlanta, Georgia)

| college =

• Dekalb Central CC (1977–1978)
• Georgia Tech (1978–1982)

| draft_year = 1982

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 17

| draft_team = Kansas City Kings

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 1995

| career_number = 14, 11, 31, 25, 7

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}

| team1 = Kansas City Kings

| years2 = {{nbay|1983|full=y}}

| team2 = Indiana Pacers

| years3 = {{nbay|1984|full=y}}

| team3 = Detroit Pistons

| years4 = 1985–1986

| team4 = Tampa Bay Thrillers

| years5 = 1986–1987

| team5 = Rockford Lightning

| years6 = {{nbay|1986|full=y}}

| team6 = Sacramento Kings

| years7 = 1987–1988

| team7 = Paris Basket Racing

| years8 = 1988–1989

| team8 = Pensacola Tornados

| years9 = {{nbay|1988|end}}

| team9 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years10 = 1989–1990

| team10 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years11 = 1991–1992

| team11 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years12 = 1992–1993

| team12 = Capital Region Pontiacs

| years13 = 1993–1994

| team13 = Hartford Hellcats

| years14 = 1994

| team14 = Rochester Renegade

| years15 = 1994–1995

| team15 = Fort Wayne Fury

| highlights =

• All-CBA First Team (1989)
• CBA scoring champion (1989)
• First-team All-ACC (1982)

}}

Michael Holbrook "Brook" Steppe (born November 7, 1959) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 6'5" {{convert|190|lb|abbr=on}} shooting guard. Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Steppe played competitively from 1977 to 1982 at DeKalb Central Community College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was twice named First Team All-ACC. He was selected with the 17th pick in the 1982 NBA draft by the Kansas City Kings.

He played five NBA seasons with as many teams until 1989.

He was once suspended for one game without pay by the Kansas City Kings during his rookie season in 1983 when he missed a plane from Atlanta to Kansas City.[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/16/sports/sports-people-comings-and-goings.html Comings and Goings], The New York Times; published March 16, 1983

Steppe played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Tampa Bay Thrillers, Rockford Lightning, Pensacola Tornados, Fort Wayne Fury, Capital Region Pontiacs, Hartford Hellcats and Rochester Renegade from 1985 to 1995.{{cite web |title=Brook Steppe minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-steppbro001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 22, 2025}} He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1989.

Following his playing career, Steppe got into coaching. He spent four seasons as an assistant men's basketball coach at Kennesaw State.