Steve Steele, who coached for 12 seasons at national high school girls basketball power Brea Olinda in California, and served as an assistant the past two years at Concordia University-Irvine, is starting his third season as the lead assistant coach for the Falcons.
While at Brea Olinda, where he served as associate head coach, the Ladycats won numerous championships: 11 league, six sectional, four state, and one national. They also put together a national-record winning streak for league games by winning 183 straight in the Century League from 1987 to 2006. Brea Olinda was 327-60 during his dozen years there.
Steele is a graduate of Concordia Irvine, earning his degree in religion in 1999. He was a varsity soccer player for the Eagles after playing that sport, along with basketball, baseball, and water polo in high school.
He and wife Gwin have been married for 14 years. They have two children: 12-year-old son Jacob, and 9-year-old daughter Evan.
Personal: Steven Craig Steel. … Born Dec. 12, 1976. … BA in religion from Concordia University, 1999.
Fun facts about Steve: Played basketball, baseball, soccer, and water polo in high school. Played soccer in college. … Favorite sport to watch other than basketball is soccer. … Dumbest movie he ever saw was Ready to Rumble. … Book he just couldn’t put down was “The Hobbit.” … Favorite junk food is Take 5. … Favorite healthy food is fruit smoothies. … If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be legendary basketball coach John Wooden. … If he could be any action hero, he would be Superman (“The Man of ‘Steele’, of course.”) … Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Galaxy. … Favorite athlete is former Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser. … His dream car is a 1965 Cobra Shelby. … Favorite kind of shopping is for shoes. … Has traveled to Africa three times for mission trips and a safari.