Travis Andrew Steele (born November 12, 1981) is an American

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coach, and current head basketball coach at Miami (OH). He recently served as the head coach at Xavier.

Coaching career

Steele began coaching as an undergraduate at

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, assisting the varsity boys basketball team at nearby Ben Davis HS from 2001 to 2004. He served one season as a graduate manager at

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before landing his first college coaching position as an assistant coach at

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in 2005. Steele moved on to

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, where he started as the team's video coordinator in 2006, and was elevated to an assistant coach for the remainder of the 2008 season after

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's contract was terminated by the Hoosiers as a result of NCAA recruiting violations. After Indiana, Steele was hired by

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at Xavier for the 2008–09 season. Steele was retained by Chris Mack after Miller accepted the

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head coaching position, and has been a part of a Musketeers program that has been to eight NCAA tournaments, including an Elite Eight run in

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, as well as being part of two

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regular season titles, and one

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regular season title.

Xavier

On March 31, 2018, Steele was promoted to head coach to become the 18th head coach in Xavier history, replacing Mack who departed for

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. Steele led the Musketeers to the 2019 NIT in his first season on the job, and another appearance in the tournament in

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. On March 16, 2022, the day after Xavier's first-round NIT win over

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, Steele was fired from Xavier. He would complete his four-year tenure as head coach with a 70–50 overall record.

Miami (OH)

On March 31, 2022, Steele was hired as the new head coach at Miami, becoming the 28th head coach in school history.

Head coaching record

^ ^a Steele was fired after the NIT First Round win over

Personal life

Steele's brother is

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, the current head coach of

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References

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