Steve Seymour (born 18 May 1959) is an American basketball coach. From 1999 though 2001, he was the head coach at

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. He has also held a variety of collegiate assistant coaching positions.

Early life

Seymour is a graduate of

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. He holds a bachelor of science degree in physical education from the school. Following his graduation from Bridgewater State, Seymour spent eight years teaching high school, and coached a girl's high school basketball team to two

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state titles.

Coaching career

In 1986, Seymour was hired as a part-time assistant basketball coach at

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. He became a full-time assistant in 1989. In 1991,

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left an assistant coaching position

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to take-over as head coach at Drexel. Herrion added Seymour to his staff upon his arrival at Drexel, as the two had gotten to know one another on the recruiting trail. During Seymour's eight-season tenure on Herrion's staff, the Dragons won 167 games, won the

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regular season title four times, the America East Conference tournament three times, made three NCAA tournament appearances (including the program's first tournament win as a Division I program in

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), and made one appearance in the NIT. Following the 1998-99 season, Herrion left Drexel to take-over as head coach at

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. Seymour was immediately tapped to succeed Herrion. He was fired by the university on March 7, 2001, following the completion of his second season as head coach. Under Seymour, Drexel compiled an overall record of 28-29, and never finished higher than third in the America East Conference. Reaction to Seymour's firing was generally negative in the

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area. He was succeeded as Drexel's head coach by

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, who had recently resigned as head coach at UMass. Seymour's termination coincided with Drexel's departure from the America East Conference, and joining of the

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. Seymour originally interviewed for a position on

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's staff at

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, before eventually being hired by

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. Following an assistant coaching stint at La Salle, Seymour spent four years on

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's staff at the

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. He was not retained by incoming coach

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in 2009.

Personal life

Seymour and his wife Doreen have three children. Sean Seymour

Career head coaching record

References

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