Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Men's Basketball Video Services
- Email:
- asteele@ia.ua.edu
- Phone:
- 205-348-4551
Former standout Andrew Steele rejoins the Alabama men’s basketball program, serving in his first year as the director of men’s basketball video services.
Steele returns to Tuscaloosa after spending the 2018-19 season as director of operations at Troy University. During his one season with the Trojans, Steele was responsible for a variety of things including overseeing all aspects of the program’s budget, game scheduling and coordinating the team’s travel throughout the year. Additionally, he was responsible for all basketball-related analytics data for practice and games while also overseeing the graduate assistant and student-manager staffs.
“I didn’t know Andrew before I came here, but so many people have spoken so highly of him since I arrived,” Oats said. “I met with him in-person and had a great conversation. He’s a very genuine guy. I think it’s huge to have a former player who has experience in the coaching profession and is respected that is from the state of Alabama on our staff. Since I am not from this area, it was important for us to keep a guy like Antoine Pettway on staff as an assistant coach, and it’s also important to have someone on our support staff that is a former player, a younger guy climbing the ladder in this business. He really wants this program to succeed on a whole other level since he played here. I am excited to work with him and help him grow into a great young coach. We are very happy to welcome both he and his wife back home to Tuscaloosa.”
Prior to his time at Troy, Steele started his coaching career at South Alabama, beginning as a graduate assistant during the 2016-17 season before being elevated to director of operations for the 2017-18 campaign.
During his tenure with the Jags, Steele had a wide range of responsibilities including video coordinator, which included overseeing the filming of practice and games and the exchange of film with other schools. Additionally, he assisted with player and team development, conducted individual workouts and was responsible for all analytics during practices and games. He also monitored the academic progress of the student-athletes and oversaw the student manager staff.
Before coaching at the collegiate level, Steele spent two years at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala., where he was a physical education teacher and the boys head basketball coach. He implemented practice plans for the ninth grade, junior varsity and varsity squads, and was responsible for all administrative aspects for each of the three teams.
As a player with the Alabama basketball program, Steele was a four-year letterwinner who appeared in 94 games including 20 starts during his playing career. As one of the team’s leaders, he helped the Crimson Tide to three 20-win seasons, an NCAA Tournament appearance and two NIT berths during his career in Tuscaloosa. Steele is married to the former Brittany Hines, who threw the javelin for the track and field team at The University of Alabama.
“Both Brittany and I are unbelievably excited about the opportunity to come back home,” Steele said. “The privilege of representing The University of Alabama as a student-athlete was one of the biggest joys of my life, so it’s an awesome blessing to be able to do it again, this time as a coach. Working for a coach and a person like Nate Oats makes the experience even more special. I’ve watched and admired his teams at Buffalo, and I look forward to working hard to help him establish a successful program at Alabama.”
