| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant to the head coach Director of player development[1] |
| Team | Creighton |
| Conference | Big East |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1961-09-23)September 23, 1961 (age 63) Bloomington, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wisconsin–La Crosse[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–1996 | Bowling Green (asst.) |
| 1996–1997 | Hampton (asst.) |
| 1997–2002 | Hampton |
| 2002–2007 | Evansville |
| 2007–2009 | Bradley (asst.) |
| 2010–present | Creighton (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 144–148 (.493) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Stephen Mark Merfeld (born September 23, 1961) is an Americancollege basketball coach. He currently is the associate head men's basketball coach atCreighton University and previously served as head coach atHampton University and theUniversity of Evansville.
After graduating from theUniversity of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Merfeld began his coaching career with a ten-year stint as an assistant underJim Larrañaga atBowling Green State.[1] He then joined the staff at Hampton, where he was promoted to head coach in 1997 after one season as an assistant coach. Merfeld coached the Hampton Pirates to back-to-backNCAA tournaments, including a first-round upset of second-seededIowa State in2001. The shot of Hamptonforward David Johnson lifting a jubilant Merfeld in the air in celebration after the Pirates' 2001 upset remains a memorable event in March Madness history.
After being namedMid-Major Coach of the Year byCollegeInsider.com in 2002,[1] Merfeld departed Hampton to become the head coach at Evansville, a position he remained in until 2007.
In December 2009, he stepped down as an assistant coach atBradley University.[2]
Merfeld joinedGreg McDermott's staff at Creighton prior to the 2010–11 season.[3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Pirates(Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)(1997–2002) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Hampton | 14–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1998–99 | Hampton | 8–19 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Hampton | 17–12 | 13–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2000–01 | Hampton | 25–7 | 14–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Hampton | 26–7 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| Hampton: | 90–57 (.612) | 63–27 (.700) | |||||||
| Evansville Purple Aces(Missouri Valley Conference)(2002–2007) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Evansville | 12–16 | 8–10 | T–5th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Evansville | 7–22 | 5–13 | T–8th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Evansville | 11–17 | 5–13 | T–9th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Evansville | 10–19 | 5–13 | T–7th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Evansville | 14–17 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
| Evansville: | 54–91 (.372) | 29–61 (.322) | |||||||
| Total: | 144–148 (.493) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
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