Steve Shields (basketball)

Steve Shields
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Arkansas–Little Rock
Record	132–112 (.541)
Biographical details
Born	March 9, 1965 (age 59)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2004)

Steve Shields (born March 9, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He took over as head coach prior to the start of the 2003–04 season.

Shields began his tenure at Arkansas–Little Rock as an assistant to Porter Moser in 2000, and served as his assistant until 2003, when Moser left to take the head coaching position at Illinois State University.

Prior to joining the Trojans' staff, Shields had worked as an assistant for six years at three different community colleges before accepting the head job in 1996 at McLennan Community College, where he had previously spent time as an assistant.

Shields started his collegiate career as a basketball player at Oklahoma City University, where he sat out his freshman year as a redshirt. He transferred and played basketball for one year at McLennan Community College before transferring again to Baylor University. Shields played golf for his father at Baylor, earning all-conference honors. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in education.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Arkansas–Little Rock (Sun Belt Conference) (2003–present)
2003–2004	Arkansas–Little Rock	17–12	9–5	1st (East)
2004–2005	Arkansas–Little Rock	18–10	10–4	1st (East)
2005–2006	Arkansas–Little Rock	14–15	5–9	4th (East)
2006–2007	Arkansas–Little Rock	13–17	8–10	5th (West)
2007–2008	Arkansas–Little Rock	20–11	11–7	1st (West)
2008–2009	Arkansas–Little Rock	23–8	15–3	1st (West)
2009–2010	Arkansas–Little Rock	8-22	4-14	6th (West)
2010–2011	Arkansas–Little Rock	19–17	7–9	5th (West)
2011–2012	Arkansas–Little Rock	15-16	12–4	1st (West)
Arkansas–Little Rock:		147–128	81–65
Total:		147–128
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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