Steven Maurice Rogers (born July 30, 1968) is an American retired professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
player.
A 6'5" and 190 lb
shooting guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's m ...
, Rogers played his freshman year of college basketball at
Middle Tennessee State
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together of ...
before transferring to
Alabama State for his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
He was selected by the
New Jersey Nets
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the
1992 NBA Draft
The 1992 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The draft is considered to be one of the deepest in NBA history. The top three picks (Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Christian Laettner) were considere ...
, though he never played in a regular season game for the Nets. He played overseas in Europe and South America before returning to Alabama State, where he has worked as their director of football operations and as an assistant basketball coach.
Steve Rogers, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
/ref> In May 2020, Rogers was named Head Boys Basketball Coach of the Prattville High School
Prattville High School, formerly Autauga County High School, is a high school in Prattville, Alabama, United States. It forms part of the Autauga County School System. In 2010, it had an enrollment of 2,109 students and a faculty of 103 teachers i ...
Lions.
Personal life
Rogers is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed ...
fraternity.
See also
*
References
External links
Profile
at ''TheDraftReview.com''
Article
at ''Jet Magazine''
Profile
at ''TBLStat.net''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Steve
1968 births
Living people
Alabama State Hornets basketball coaches
Alabama State Hornets basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Alabama
Basketball players from Montgomery, Alabama
Boca Juniors basketball players
Darüşşafaka Basketbol players
Mens Sana Basket players
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball players
New Jersey Nets draft picks
Peiraikos Syndesmos B.C. players
Shooting guards
SIG Basket players
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Sportspeople from Montgomery, Alabama
Tofaş S.K. players
Türk Telekom B.K. players