Steve Wojciechowski
 Wojciechowski in 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Sport(s) | Basketball | ||||||||||||
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| Current position | |||||||||||||
| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||
| Team | Marquette | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Big East | ||||||||||||
| Record | 35–32 (.522) | ||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||
| Born |
August 11, 1976 Severna Park, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Duke | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2014 | Duke (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Marquette | ||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
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NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1998) McDonald's All-American (1994) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Steve "Wojo" Wojciechowski (born August 11, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former player of Polish origin. He is currently the head coach at Marquette University, having previously served as associate head coach at Duke under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. He played point guard at Duke University from 1994 until 1998.
Biography
Playing career
High school
Wojciechowski is a 1994 graduate of the Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played under Baltimore Catholic League head coach Ray Mullis and was named to the East squad of the 1994 McDonald's All-American Team, playing alongside 1994 High School Player of the Year Felipe López, and against future Duke teammates Trajan Langdon and Ricky Price.
Duke
During Wojciechowski's career, the Duke Blue Devils achieved an 87-44 record, won the ACC regular season championship in the 1996-97 season, and played in the NCAA South Regional final in the 1997-98 season. During his senior year, Wojciechowski earned NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors, and was an honorable mention All-American.
He is ranked eighth at Duke for career steals (203) and eighth for career assists (505).[1] He also achieved the second highest number of steals in a single season with 82 in 1997.
Coaching career
Duke
Following his graduation from Duke, Wojciechowski was undrafted in the 1998 NBA Draft, and played professional basketball in Poland for a year. He returned to Duke in 1999 as an intern in the Duke Management Company and was a basketball analyst on the Duke Radio Network.
Wojciechowski was then offered a coaching job by Krzyzewski and began his career as an assistant coach in 1999, and was promoted to associate coach in 2008. Wojciechowski coached Duke's frontcourt players. The Blue Devils won the NCAA championship in 2001 and 2010.
Marquette
On April 1, 2014, Wojciechowski was hired as the new Marquette head basketball coach, replacing Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech.[2]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Marquette | 13–19 | 4–14 | T–9th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Marquette | 20–13 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Marquette | 5–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Marquette: | 38–34 (.515) | 12–24 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 38–34 (.522) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "GoDuke.com statistics". Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ↑ Marquette hires Steve Wojciechowski