Stephen Stewart begins his fourth season as an assistant coach with the University of Delaware men’s basketball team in the 2009-10 season.
A native of Philadelphia, Stewart spent his first year on the Blue Hen bench in 2006-07 as Delaware went 5-26 under first-year head coach Monté Ross. He played a big part in Delaware's improvement to 14-17 in 2007-08 as the Hens went 9-9 in league place, placed seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association regular season standings, and earned a first round CAA Tournament win over Drexel.
Delaware went 13-19 during the 2008-09 season, posting victories over VCU and George Mason.
Stewart served as an assistant coach on head coach Jim Patsos’ staff at Loyola in 2005-06, leading the Greyhounds to a record of 15-13. A standout player at Coppin State in 1991-95, Stewart earned All-American honors three years for the Eagles as he led CSU to the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and to the National Invitation Tournament in 1995. He was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year three times and ranks No. 7 all-time at Coppin State in both scoring (1,393 points) and rebounding (546). He played professionally for the Donor Rams in Holland and for the Melbourne Tigers in Australia.
Stewart, 36, earned his degree in liberal arts from Coppin State in 2002. He began his college coaching career as an assistant for two seasons at his alma mater under head coach Fang Mitchell in 2001-03, coached at the University at Albany in 2003-04 under coach Will Brown, and served on the staff at La Salle under Billy Hahn prior to the 2004-05 season before returning to Baltimore.
In September, 2006, Stewart and Ross visited Dakar, Senegal to conduct youth basketball clinics and a coaching seminar as part of a United States Department of State-funded International Basketball Initiative. They worked in conjunction with Basketball Without Borders Africa, a community relations outreach program of the NBA and also with the Senegalese Basketball Federation and the nonprofit organization Sports for Education and Economic Development in Senegal.
Stewart’s brother, Larry, was a standout at Coppin State who went on to play for the Washington Bullets and Seattle Supersonics in the National Basketball Association, while his brother, Lynard, played at Temple University in 1995-99. Stephen and his wife, Lashelle, have three children: Tia, Stephen Jr., and Sidney.
Assistant Coach Stephen Stewart