Steve Woodberry

Steve Woodberry (born October 9, 1971) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played professionally in the Australian National Basketball League and Europe as a point guard, shooting guard and small forward

Steve Woodberry
Woodberry coaching a game in December 2014.
Personal information
Born (1971-10-09) October 9, 1971
Wichita, Kansas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High schoolWichita South (Wichita, Kansas)
CollegeKansas (1990–1994)
NBA draft1994 / Undrafted
Playing career1994–2006
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
1994Belinzona
1995Gold Coast Rollers
1996–1999Brisbane Bullets
1996–1997Quad City Thunder
2000Sydney Kings
2000–2002Zalgiris Kaunas
2002–2003AEK Athens
As coach:
2006–2012Missouri State (assistant)
2012–2014Tulsa (assistant)
2014–2020Wake Forest (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL MVP (1999)
  • LKL champion (2001)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA U21 World Championship
1993 Valladolid National team

Playing career

Woodberry was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended Wichita South High School. He played on two state title teams and was named Kansas Naismith Player of the Year as a senior in 1990.[1]

He then played college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks and was a part of two Final Four teams at Kansas in 1991 and 1993. Woodberry was named to the second team All-Big Eight in both his junior and senior season.

In 1994 Woodberry won a championship in the Swiss league with Belinzona and then moved to Australia where he played for the Gold Coast Rollers in 1995. In his first season in Australia, Woodberry averaged 24.5 points, 7.4 assists and 7.6 rebounds per game. However, he suffered a training accident and was forced to return to Kansas for intensive training and recovery.

Woodberry returned to Australia in 1996 to play for the Brisbane Bullets. With the Bullets he was the NBL Most Valuable Player in 1999[2] and was named in the All-NBL First Team in 1998 and 1999. He then played a single season with the Sydney Kings in 2000. During the 1996–97 season, Woodberry played for the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association, averaging 9.9 points in 30 games.[3]

Woodberry subsequently spent two seasons playing professionally in Lithuania for Zalgiris Kaunas, which won a Lithuanian championship in 2001 when he was voted the league's Import Player of the Year. He later signed for the Athletic Union of Constantinople in Athens, Greece (2002-2003), but ended season in Lithuania BC Lietuvos Rytas, then joined Jamtland in Sweden (2004) and Honka Espoo in Finland (2004), before retiring as an active player in 2006.

Coaching career

Woodberry was an assistant basketball coach at Missouri State from 2006 to 2012.[1] He left in 2012 to become an assistant to fellow Kansas alum Danny Manning at Tulsa.[4] He then followed Manning to Wake Forest in 2014.[5]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01 Žalgiris 121233.8.432.438.7504.82.81.6.311.913.8
2001–02 Žalgiris 141431.2.496.333.6964.53.11.4.112.515.1
2002–03 AEK Athens 1017.0.667.000.5001.02.0.0.05.06.0
Career 272631.9.468.389.7114.52.91.4.212.014.2
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References
  1. "Steve Woodberry". Missouri State Bears. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  2. NBL MVP winners
  3. 1997–98 Official CBA Guide & Register, page 307
  4. "Bears' Assistant Steve Woodberry Headed To Tulsa". Ozarksfirst.com. April 7, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  5. "Woodberry, Ballard and Bauman Join Basketball Staff". WakeForestSports.com. April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
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