Steve Brooks

1980 Taylor graduate
Posted 659-176 (.789) record over 24 years as NAIA women’s basketball head coach
Led programs at Indiana Wesleyan, Saint Francis (IL) and Marian
Guided teams to 18 seasons of at least 25 wins and reached 20 wins in all but two seasons
Coached 22 of his teams to the NAIA National Tournament
Led IWU to NAIA National Championships in 2007 and 2013
Piled up 13 regular season conference titles
Steered squads to conference tourney titles eight times
Was an 11-time Coach of the Year in his conference
Two-time NAIA National Coach of the Year
Set NAIA record with 56-straight wins from 2006 through 2008
Logged 37-straight weeks at No. 1 in the NAIA Top-25 Poll during record-setting win streak
Coached 26 NAIA All-Americans
Also spent seven years as head men’s basketball coach at Houghton University
Started coaching career at Taylor on staff with Hall of Famer Paul Patterson
Played collegiately at TU from 1977 through 1980
Was a three-year starter on the hardwood for the Trojans
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