Travis Andrew Steele (born November 12, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head basketball coach at Miami University (OH). He recently served as the head coach at Xavier.

Coaching career

Steele began coaching as an undergraduate at

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, assisting the varsity boys basketball team at nearby Ben Davis HS from 2001 to 2004. He served one season as a graduate manager at

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before landing his first college coaching position as an assistant coach at

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in 2005. Steele moved on to

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, where he started as the team's video coordinator in 2006, and was elevated to an assistant coach for the remainder of the 2008 season after

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's contract was terminated by the Hoosiers as a result of NCAA recruiting violations.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0708-mbb-1-14.pdf After Indiana, Steele was hired by

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at Xavier for the 2008-09 season. Steele was retained by Chris Mack after Miller accepted the

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head coaching position, and has been a part of a Musketeers program that has been to eight NCAA tournaments, including an Elite Eight run in

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, as well as being part of two

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regular season titles, and one

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regular season title.

Xavier

On March 31, 2018, Steele was promoted to head coach to become the 18th head coach in Xavier history, replacing Mack who departed for

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. Steele led the Musketeers to the 2019 NIT in his first season on the job, and another appearance in the tournament in

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. On March 16, 2022, the day after Xavier's first-round NIT win over Cleveland State, Steele was fired from Xavier. He would complete his four-year tenure as head coach with a 70–50 overall record.

Miami (OH)

On March 31, 2022 Steele was hired as the new head coach at Miami, becoming the 28th head coach in school history.

Head coaching record

^ ^a Steele was fired after the NIT First Round win over Cleveland State.

Personal life

Steele's brother is

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, the current head coach of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, Travis 1983 births Living people American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Indiana Butler University alumni College men's basketball head coaches in the United States High school basketball coaches in Indiana Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball coaches People from Danville, Indiana Wabash Valley Warriors men's basketball coaches Xavier Musketeers men's basketball coaches Miami RedHawks men's basketball coaches