Steve Cleveland
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 4, 1952 Los Angeles County, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1971, 1973–1974 |
Fresno CC |
| 1974–1976 | UC Irvine |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980–1990 | Clovis West HS |
| 1990–1997 | Fresno CC |
| 1997–2005 | BYU |
| 2005–2011 | Fresno State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 230–206 (.528) (college) 157–77 (.671) (junior college) 180–70 (.720) (high school) |
| Tournaments | 0–3 (NCAA) 3–3 (NIT) 9–7 (CCCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Steven Cornell Cleveland (born February 4, 1952) is a former American college basketball coach. He had been men's head basketball head coach at Fresno City College, BYU, and Fresno State.
Cleveland was born in Los Angeles County and raised in Fresno, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School in Fresno, then began his college basketball career at Fresno City College before going on an LDS mission to England from 1971 to 1973. Cleveland returned to Fresno City College in the 1973–74 season, after which he was named the team's Most Outstanding Player and transferred to UC Irvine. At UC Irvine, Cleveland played at forward. He averaged 8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds as a junior in 1974–75 and 15.0 points and 5.5 rebounds as a senior in 1975–76. Cleveland graduated from UC Irvine with a bachelor's degree in social science in 1976 and later completed a master's in education administration from Fresno Pacific University in 1979.
From 1980 to 1990, Cleveland was varsity boys' basketball head coach at Clovis West High School and went 180–70 in those ten seasons. At Clovis West, Cleveland also taught U.S. government and economics. Cleveland returned to Fresno City College to be men's basketball head coach. From 1990 to 1997, Cleveland went 157–77 with a Central Valley Conference championship in 1997 and CCCAA Tournament appearances every year. Among players he coached at Fresno City were Rafer Alston, who would go on to play in the NBA.
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