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Personal information | |
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Born | Olmsted Falls, Ohio, U.S. | October 17, 1985
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Olmsted Falls (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2008: undrafted |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2009–2011 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (assistant) |
2011–2012 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (interim HC) |
2012–2014 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (assistant) |
2014–2015 | Canton Charge (associate HC) |
2015–2020 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2021–2023 | College Park Skyhawks |
Career highlights and awards | |
As assistant coach
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Steve Gansey (born October 17, 1985) is an American former basketball player and coach. He attended Cleveland State and Ashland University.
Steve Gansey played NCAA Division II basketball for the Ashland Eagles, after playing his freshman and sophomore years with the Division I Cleveland State Vikings. [1]
Steve Gansey began his coaching career with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants from 2009 to 2014, he served as an assistant coach. From 2011 to 2012 he served as interim head coach. [2] [3]
On October 2, 2015, he was named the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants after serving as the associate head coach of the Canton Charge. [4]
In 2021, he was named the head coach of the College Park Skyhawks, the NBA G League affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks. [5]
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Fort Wayne | 2011–12 | 35 | 9 | 26 | .257 | 8th in Eastern | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
2015–16 | 50 | 20 | 30 | .400 | 5th in Central | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs | |
2016–17 | 50 | 30 | 20 | .600 | 2nd in Central | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost First Round (Maine) 1–2 | |
2017–18 | 50 | 29 | 21 | .580 | 1st in Central | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Conf. Semifinal (Erie) 116–119 | |
2018–19 | 50 | 23 | 27 | .460 | 3rd in Central | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs | |
2019–20 | 43 | 21 | 22 | .488 | 4th in Central | — | — | — | — | Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic | |
Career | 278 | 132 | 146 | .475 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
Steve's older brother Mike, a former star player at West Virginia University, [2] is currently the general manager of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. [7]
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