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{{Infobox college coach<br />
| name = Steve Yoder<br />
| image = <br />
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| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|11|1}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| player_sport1 = Basketball<br />
| player_years2 = c. 1960<br />
| player_team2 = [[Illinois Wesleyan Titans men's basketball|Illinois Wesleyan]]<br />
| player_sport3 = Baseball<br />
| player_years4 = 1959–1962<br />
| player_team4 = [[Illinois Wesleyan Titans baseball|Illinois Wesleyan]]<br />
| player_positions = <br />
| coach_sport1 = Basketball<br />
| coach_years2 = 1962–1964<br />
| coach_team2 = Glen Ellyn JH (IL) (assistant)<br />
| coach_years3 = 1964–1967<br />
| coach_team3 = [[Plymouth High School (Indiana)|Plymouth HS (IN)]] (assistant)<br />
| coach_years4 = 1967–1973<br />
| coach_team4 = Plymouth HS (IN)<br />
| coach_years5 = 1973–1975<br />
| coach_team5 = [[Furman Paladins men's basketball|Furman]] (assistant)<br />
| coach_years6 = 1975–1976<br />
| coach_team6 = [[Penn High School|Penn HS (IN)]]<br />
| coach_years7 = 1976–1977<br />
| coach_team7 = [[Ball State Cardinals men's basketball|Ball State]] (assistant)<br />
| coach_years8 = 1977–1982<br />
| coach_team8 = [[Ball State Cardinals men's basketball|Ball State]]<br />
| coach_years9 = 1982–1992<br />
| coach_team9 = [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]]<br />
| coach_years10 = 2014–2017<br />
| coach_team10 = [[Houston Cougars men's basketball|Houston]] (dir. of operations)<br />
| admin_years1 = 2000–2003<br />
| admin_team1 = [[Indiana Pacers]] (scout)<br />
| admin_years2 = 2003–2011<br />
| admin_team2 = [[New York Knicks]] (scout)<br />
| overall_record = 205–227 (college)<br />
| bowl_record = <br />
| tournament_record = 0–1 ([[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I]])<br />2–2 ([[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]])<br />
| championships = 2 [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] regular season (1981, 1982)<br />[[Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament|MAC tournament]] ([[1981 MAC men's basketball tournament|1981]])<br />
| awards = 2× MAC Coach of the Year (1981, 1982)<br />
| coaching_records = <br />
}}<br />
'''Stephen Kent Yoder''' (born November 1, 1939) is an American former [[college basketball]] coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at [[Ball State University]] from 1977 to 1982 and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] from 1982 to 1992, compiling career college basketball coaching record of 205–227. Yoder most recently served as director of operations for the [[Houston Cougars men's basketball]] team.<ref>[http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040914aab.html Former Coach Steve Yoder Joins Men's Basketball Staff]. Houston Cougars: Men's Basketball, April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Yoder is a native of [[Plymouth, Indiana]] and 1958 graduate of Plymouth High School. He attended then [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]-member [[Illinois Wesleyan University]] on a basketball and baseball scholarship winning four letters in baseball and two in basketball before graduating in 1962. He received his master's degree from [[University of Saint Francis (Indiana)|University of Saint Francis]], then called Saint Francis College, in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] in 1970.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He started his coaching career at [[Glen Ellyn, Illinois]] junior high school, and in 1965 took an assistant's position in basketball at Plymouth, Indiana. He became head coach at Plymouth in 1967 and proceeded to guide the school to three conference titles, three sectional crowns, a pair of regional titles, and two finishes among the top ten teams in state rankings over a six-year period. Yoder was named Indiana's District One Coach of the Year in 1973 and he then accepted a job as assistant coach at [[Furman University]]. He returned to Indiana in 1975 as head coach at Mishawaka's [[Penn High School]]. He then became assistant basketball coach at [[Ball State University]] in 1976 and a year later became head coach at the school.<br />
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Yoder was head coach at Ball State from 1977–78 to 1981–82, compiling a record of 77–62. He was named the [[Mid-American Conference]] Coach of the Year for both the 1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons. The 1980–81 Ball State team shared the MAC title with three other schools and gained an NCAA tournament berth by winning the conference's post-season tournament. Ball State compiled an overall 17–11 record during the 1981–82 season including a 12–4 conference record that gave them the MAC championship. The Cardinals lost to [[Northern Illinois University]] 79–75 in overtime in the MAC post-season tournament title game with the winner advancing to the NCAA meet.<br />
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In 1982, he left for [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], where he coached the Badgers until 1992. He compiled a record of 128–165 and led the Badgers to the [[National Invitation Tournament]] in 1988–89 and 1990–91 – the Badgers' first postseason appearances in over 40 years. For his accomplishments in coaching the 18–12 NIT team in 1988–89, Yoder was named Kodak District XI Coach of the Year by the [[National Association of Basketball Coaches]] as well as Midwest Coach of the Year by [[Basketball Times]]. Yoder was forced to resign in February 1992, effective after the season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Rob |title=Big Ten coaches denounce forced departure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63327266/wisconsin-state-journal/ |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |work=[[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date=February 25, 1992 |page=30|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><br />
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After coaching, he became a scout with the [[Indiana Pacers]] and later the [[New York Knicks]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Yoder is a member of the Ball State University Hall of Fame (2001) and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2020).<br />
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==Head coaching record==<br />
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===College===<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}<br />
{{CBB yearly record subhead<br />
| name = [[Ball State Cardinals men's basketball|Ball State Cardinals]]<br />
| conference = [[Mid-American Conference]]<br />
| startyear = 1977<br />
| endyear = 1982<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78]]<br />
| name = Ball State<br />
| overall = 10–15<br />
| conference = 6–10<br />
| confstanding = T–7th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1978–79]]<br />
| name = Ball State<br />
| overall = 16–11<br />
| conference = 9–7<br />
| confstanding = 4th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1979–80]]<br />
| name = Ball State<br />
| overall = 14–15<br />
| conference = 7–9<br />
| confstanding = T–4th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = confboth<br />
| season = [[1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1980–81]]<br />
| name = [[1980–81 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team|Ball State]]<br />
| overall = 20–10<br />
| conference = 10–6<br />
| confstanding = T–1st<br />
| postseason = [[1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|NCAA Division I first round]]<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = conference<br />
| season = [[1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1981–82]]<br />
| name = Ball State<br />
| overall = 17–11<br />
| conference = 12–4<br />
| confstanding = 1st<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal<br />
| name = Ball State<br />
| overall = 77–62<br />
| confrecord = 44–36<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB yearly record subhead<br />
| name = [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin Badgers]]<br />
| conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]<br />
| startyear = 1982<br />
| endyear = 1992<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1982–83]]<br />
| name = [[1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 8–20<br />
| conference = 3–15<br />
| confstanding = 10th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1983–84]]<br />
| name = [[1983–84 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 8–20<br />
| conference = 4–14<br />
| confstanding = 10th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1984–85]]<br />
| name = [[1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 14–14<br />
| conference = 5–13<br />
| confstanding = 9th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1985–86]]<br />
| name = [[1985–86 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 12–16<br />
| conference = 4–14<br />
| confstanding = 9th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1986–87]]<br />
| name = [[1986–87 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 14–17<br />
| conference = 4–14<br />
| confstanding = 8th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1987–88]]<br />
| name = [[1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 12–16<br />
| conference = 6–12<br />
| confstanding = 7th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988–89]]<br />
| name = [[1988–89 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 18–12<br />
| conference = 8–10<br />
| confstanding = 6th<br />
| postseason = [[1989 National Invitation Tournament|NIT second round]]<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1989–90]]<br />
| name = [[1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 14–17<br />
| conference = 4–14<br />
| confstanding = T–8th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1990–91]]<br />
| name = [[1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 15–15<br />
| conference = 8–10<br />
| confstanding = 7th<br />
| postseason = [[1991 National Invitation Tournament|NIT second round]]<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| season = [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1991–92]]<br />
| name = [[1991–92 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]<br />
| overall = 13–18<br />
| conference = 4–14<br />
| confstanding = 9th<br />
| postseason =<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal<br />
| name = Wisconsin<br />
| overall = 128–165<br />
| confrecord = 50–130<br />
}}<br />
{{CBB Yearly Record End<br />
| overall = 205–227<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/steve_yoder_894556.html Houston profile]<br />
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{{Ball State Cardinals men's basketball coach navbox}}<br />
{{Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball coach navbox}}<br />
{{Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}<br />
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