Steven Key (born May 14, 1968) is an American professional

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coach and former professional player.

Career

Key attended

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, and was named the 1986 Howard County Player of the Year. He was a four-year letter winner at

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(1986–90), garnering

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Player of the Year honors in 1990. He also received the Lou Cohen Award as BU's Most Valuable Player the same year. In 1990, Key was close to making the roster of the

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and then played for the San Jose Jammers in the 1990–91

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(CBA) season, before taking his game overseas. He went on to play until 2002 with stints in

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( BK Klosterneuburg),

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( Gold Coast Rollers),

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( SV Tübingen, Steiner Bayreuth, Rhöndorfer TV, BSG Ludwigsburg, SG Braunschweig) and

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( Étendard de Brest, Saint Quentin). He made three appearances in the German Bundesliga All-Star Game during his professional career. Key began his coaching career as head coach of the Düsseldorf Magics in the German second-tier league 2. Bundesliga. After three years at the Düsseldorf helm (2003–2006), he served as assistant coach of

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in the WNBA in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, Key was promoted to head coach and general manager of the Sky organization. He resigned in September 2010. In January 2011, he became head coach of the

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in the German Basketball Bundesliga. In June 2011, he left Gießen for fellow Bundesliga side Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg, where he served as an assistant coach, before being promoted to the head coaching position in December 2011. He was relieved of his duties in January 2013. In February 2014, Key was hired as an assistant coach by the

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of the WNBA, but returned to Germany for the 2014–15 season to take over the head coaching job at

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outfit Licher BasketBären. After one year at the helm, he was appointed assistant coach of the Gießen 46ers in 2015. In between the seasons in Germany, he served an assistant coach of the

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of the

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(WNBA) in 2016 and 2017. In May 2018, Key was named assistant coach of German Bundesliga club S.Oliver Würzburg. On June 3, 2022, Key signed as head coach with Eisbären Bremerhaven of the German

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Key, Steven 1968 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Germany American men's basketball players American women's basketball coaches Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Boston University Terriers men's basketball players Chicago Sky coaches Connecticut Sun coaches Dragons Rhöndorf players Giessen 46ers coaches Klosterneuburg Dukes players Medi Bayreuth players Riesen Ludwigsburg players San Jose Jammers players SG Braunschweig players Tigers Tübingen players Women's National Basketball Association general managers 20th-century American sportsmen