Steve Carfino

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Steve Carfino
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Carfino (middle) in July 2017
Personal information
Born (1962-08-28) August 28, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school St. John Bosco
(Bellflower, California)
College Iowa (1980–1984)
NBA draft 1984: 6th round, 139th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career1986–1991
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
1986–1988 Hobart Devils
1988–1991 Sydney Kings
Career highlights and awards

Steve Carfino (born August 28, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player, who played for the University of Iowa in college basketball and later in the Australian National Basketball League. After retiring he became a television commentator, focusing on basketball, occasionally covering other sports. He is the younger brother of former University of Southern California player Don Carfino. [1]

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Basketball career

High school

Carfino attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. He was a High School All-American selection. [2]

Public service

Carfino is a patron of CBC (Cammeray Book Club) which helps in men's mental health awareness.

College career

Carfino attended the University of Iowa, as a guard, recruited by Lute Olson and finishing his last season under George Raveling. The Hawkeyes played in 3 NCAA Tournaments in Carfino's four seasons. In his final year at Iowa, he was named in the All Big Ten, and was also named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Hawkeyes for that season. As a Senior, Carfino averaged 11.7 points, 1.8 Rebounds and 2.4 assists. For his career he scored 1007 points on .489 shooting from the floor and .716 from the free throw line. [3] [4] [5]

NBA draft

After this, Carfino was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the NBA in the last selection of the 6th round. [6] He was cut by the Celtics in August 1984. [7]

Temporary retirement

After leaving the Celtics Carfino stepped away from basketball, operating a sports store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between September 1984 and July 1985. [7]

Australia

Steve played five seasons in the NBL between 1986 and 1991. He was forced to retire from playing after the 1991 NBL season at the age of 29 due to ongoing back problems.

Hobart Devils

Carfino was invited to play pro ball in Australia. He took the opportunity to follow in the foot-steps of other great 'import' players that had made a big impact on the game down-under, and elevated the league to new levels through the 80s. His Australian career started when he moved to Hobart and played with the Hobart Devils. He was named in the All-NBL first team in his debut season. He was ranked fourth in scoring in his debut season averaging 32.7 per game, and came second in the category of assists (7 per game), and steals (3.4 per game). He was also named the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player award in 1986. He was then named in the 1987 All-NBL first team, and was ranked second in steals averaging 3.4 a game.

Sydney Kings

He joined the Sydney Kings in 1988 after playing two seasons and 51 games at the Hobart Devils. In 1988 and 1989 he was named in the All-NBL second team, and continued to rank high in the steals and assists on an annual basis. During his NBL career, Carfino amassed 3,089 points at an average of 23.4 points, as well as having 750 assists, 501 rebounds and 378 steals. His highest score in his NBL career was 52 which he achieved twice, as well as scoring over 40 points five times more.

On October 10, 2013, Carfino was named in the Sydney Kings 25th Anniversary Team. [8]

Homenetmen Antranig

He was appointed as Senior Men's coach for local Sydney domestic basketball club Homenetmen Antranig on April 13, 2016. [9]

Fans were elated with the Carfino hiring, heard chanting "Yalla Stepan!" from the sidelines during his first session with the playing group.

On April 13, 2016, an hour after being appointed Carfino was inducted into the Antranig Basketball Hall of Fame.

NBL Hall of Fame

Steve Carfino was inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame as a player in 2004. [10] His selection caused some angst among some of the press (most notably Adelaide's leading basketball journalist Boti Nagy) who accused him and fellow Fox Sports television commentator John Casey of shamelessly pushing for his inclusion in the HoF during their commentary of NBL games.

Television

After retiring from the NBL, Carfino joined Network Ten and provided color commentary for broadcasts of Sydney Kings home games. In 1996 Steve joined Fox Sports to provide commentary of televised NBL games alongside play-by-play commentator John Casey. He also hosted FOX SPORTS Central, The Afternoon Rush, Inside Basketball, and NBL Wrap. In 2005, he added both acting[ citation needed ] and voice-overs [11] to his résumé.

In 2010, the NBL moved from Fox Sports back to Network Ten, on its HD sports channel One. Carfino was signed as a play-by-play commentator where he usually partners other former NBL players Andrew Gaze and Brett Maher as well as Perth based Lachy Reid. [12]

February 2010 saw Carfino launch his new television show called MVP on One, though the show lasted only one season. MVP provided weekly highlights of American sports.[ citation needed ]

On 7 December 2014, Carfino resigned from Channel Ten, ending his 22 years as a commentator.

Other work

Carfino in July 2017 with the No1 Draft Pick Basketball Academy, standing in between Ricky Grace and James Ennis. No1 Draft Pick 2017 7.jpg
Carfino in July 2017 with the No1 Draft Pick Basketball Academy, standing in between Ricky Grace and James Ennis.

Steve is also active providing private basketball clinics for amateur teams looking to take that next step and achieve their full potential, ignites corporate events as MC or guest speaker with a focus on how to take winning teamwork strategies from pro-sports and applying them to pro-business, and is a consulting partner in a Sydney-based Sports Marketing agency focused on delivering marketing strategy, brand and production services to professional sports teams across all codes. Early in August 2014, Steve signed a deal with high school team St Patrick's College Strathfield as the head coach of the 1st V basketball team. He now is the head of Basketball at Waverley College.

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  2. ↑ "Hawks snare star Carfino". The Daily Reporter. 10 April 1980. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Steve Carfino College Stats".
  4. ↑ Sportsstats Archived 2006-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Player Bio:Steve Carfino". University of Iowa Hawkeyes. University of Iowa. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Database basketball Archived 2012-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 Denney, Bob (25 July 1985). "Carfino decides to give basketball another shot". The Daily Reporter. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  8. ↑ MightyMite Sydney Kings announce 25th Anniversary Team Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
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