Parkside Athletics

Steve Stephens was named head coach of both basketball and golf when the UW-Racine and UW-Kenosha campuses merged in 1969 to become UW-Parkside. He brought the Rangers statewide recognition as the first basketball team to win four consecutive NAIA District titles. He coached the Ranger basketball team from 1969-1982 and was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1975. Steve was president of the NAIA Basketball Coaches Association in 1981. He is a member of the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition, he was golf coach at UW-P from 1969-1990.