Steve Belko
Wickiup 1951, Idaho State College yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 14, 1916 Gary, Indiana |
| Died | May 12, 2000 (aged 84) Boise, Idaho |
| Playing career | |
| 1936–1939 | Idaho (football, basketball) |
| Position(s) |
Back - (football) Guard / Forward - (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1939–1940 | St. Maries HS |
| 1940–1943 | Lewiston HS |
| 1946–1950 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1950–1956 | Idaho State |
| 1956–1971 | Oregon |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1971–1972 | Oregon - (assistant) |
| 1972–1975 | Far West Classic - director |
| 1975–1977 | Big Sky - evaluator |
| 1977–1981 | Big Sky - commissioner |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 288–262 (.524) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4× Rocky Mountain Conference championship (1953–1956) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× Rocky Mountain Coach of the Year | |
Stephen Maxmillian "Steve" Belko (February 14, 1916 – May 12, 2000) was an American college basketball coach at Idaho State College and the University of Oregon. He was later the third commissioner of the Big Sky Conference.
The son of Russian immigrants, Belko was born in Gary, Indiana and graduated from Froebel High School. He attended Compton Junior College in southern California for a year, with plans to play basketball at USC, where his older brother Max (1914–44) starred in football. When the assistant basketball coach at USC that recruited him got the head job at Idaho, also a member of the Pacific Coast Conference, Belko followed Forrest Twogood north in 1936 and hitchhiked over a thousand miles (1600 km) to Moscow. A two-sport athlete for the Vandals, he was a guard and small forward in basketball and a halfback and quarterback on the football team, and a teammate of future coaches Lyle Smith and Tony Knap. Belko opted not to play baseball, though he considered it his best sport. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and was senior class president. Belko graduated from the school with a B.S. in 1939
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