Steve Pikiell
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 15–18 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 21, 1967 Bristol, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1991 | Connecticut |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | Connecticut (asst.) |
| 1992 | New Haven Skyhawks (asst.) |
| 1993–1995 | Yale (asst.) |
| 1995–1996 | Wesleyan |
| 1997–2001 | Central Connecticut (asst.) |
| 2001–2005 | George Washington (asst.) |
| 2005–2016 | Stony Brook |
| 2016–present | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 212–193 (.523) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4× America East regular season championship (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016) America East Tournament championship (2016) |
|
| Awards | |
| 4x America East Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016) | |
Stephen Christopher Pikiell (born November 21, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Rutgers. He was the former coach at Stony Brook.
Born and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, Pikiell was one of nine children and graduated from St. Paul Catholic High School in Bristol in 1986. At the University of Connecticut, Pikiell was a point guard, two-year captain and four-year letterwinner for the Huskies from 1987 to 1991. He played in 106 career games and averaged 8.2 points a game as a freshman. While Pikiell was the team captain, Connecticut won its first Big East title and advanced to the Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen. In 1991, Pikiell was given the UConn Club Senior Athlete Award for outstanding contributions to UConn athletics.
After graduation, Pikiell stayed on as an assistant to the UConn staff before moving on to Yale University, as an assistant coach from 1992–95. During 1995-96, Pikiell served as the interim head coach at Wesleyan University. Then, his former coach and colleague Howie Dickenman became the head coach at Central Connecticut State and hired Pikiell as an assistant coach, where he stayed from 1997–2001, with the Blue Devils reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2000. Pikiell joined fellow UConn alum Karl Hobbs as an assistant at George Washington from 2001–05, where he was part of the Colonials 2004 NIT and 2005 NCAA Tournament squads.
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