Steve Woodberry

Steve Woodberry

Woodberry coaching a game in December 2014.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Position	Basketball Scout
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1971-10-09) October 9, 1971 Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school	Wichita South (Wichita, Kansas)
College	Kansas (1990–1994)
NBA draft	1994: undrafted
Playing career	1994–2006
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Coaching career	2006–present
Career history
As player:
1994-1995	Belinzona
1995	Gold Coast Rollers
1996–1999	Brisbane Bullets
1996–1997	Quad City Thunder
2000	Sydney Kings
2000–2002	Žalgiris Kaunas
2002	AEK Athens
2003	Lietuvos rytas
2003-2004	Honka Espoo
2004	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2004-2005	Jämtland Basket
As coach:
2006–2012	Missouri State (assistant)
2012–2014	Tulsa (assistant)
2014–2020	Wake Forest (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
NBL Most Valuable Player (1999) 2× All-NBL First Team (1998, 1999) All-NBL Second Team (1997) All-NBL Third Team (1996) LKL champion (2001)
Medals Men's basketball Representing United States FIBA U21 World Championship 1993 Valladolid National team

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.

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.

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 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.

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. He left in 2012 to become an assistant to fellow Kansas alum Danny Manning at Tulsa. He then followed Manning to Wake Forest in 2014. In 2021, Woodberry became an NBA scout for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2000–01	Žalgiris	12	12	33.8	.432	.438	.750	4.8	2.8	1.6	.3	11.9	13.8
2001–02	Žalgiris	14	14	31.2	.496	.333	.696	4.5	3.1	1.4	.1	12.5	15.1
2002–03	AEK Athens	1	0	17.0	.667	.000	.500	1.0	2.0	.0	.0	5.0	6.0
Career		27	26	31.9	.468	.389	.711	4.5	2.9	1.4	.2	12.0	14.2

External links

• Steve Woodberry at euroleague.net
• Steve Woodberry at tulsahurricane.com