Len Stevens (basketball)

Len Stevens (born May 19, 1942) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at St. Martin's College (1978–1981),^[1]^[2] Washington State University (1983–1987),^[3]^[4] and the University of Nevada (1987–1993).^[5]^[6]^[7]

Before St. Martin's in Lacey, Washington, Stevens was the head coach at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, California.^[1]^[8] He played college basketball at Sacramento State College, and was an assistant at Washington State for two seasons under George Raveling before becoming the head coach in 1983.^[2] After Nevada, he opened a restaurant in Reno, coached in Switzerland, and was an assistant coach at UC Irvine.^[9]^[10]

After coaching, Stevens was CEO of the chamber of commerce in Reno and retired in 2016.^[11]

References

1 2 "Cougars nab St. Martin's coach". Ellensburg Daily Record. Washington. July 21, 1981. p. 12.
1 2 Grippi, Vince (April 6, 1983). "Stevens to coach Cougars". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
↑ Bergum, Steve; Blanchette, John (April 4, 1987). "Embattled Stevens accepts Reno post". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
↑ Bellamy, Ron (January 21, 1988). "Stevens revives the Wolf Pack". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1D.
↑ Jacobson, Bryan (January 9, 1988). "Nevada-Reno's Stevens in brief return to Palouse". Idahonian. Moscow. p. 3D.
↑ "Stevens fired at Nevada". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 2, 1993. p. C1.
↑ "Stevens' successor will make big bucks". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. March 3, 1993. p. 3B.
↑ Weaver, Dan (November 30, 1983). "The highway to the 'big time' is a route Len Stevens avoids". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. p. 23.
↑ Foster, Chris (February 4, 1998). "Reno has plenty of memories for Stevens". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
↑ "Men's basketball Coaches' Circle to induct six more alums on Oct. 29". Sacramento State Athletics. May 5, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
↑ Garcia, Jessica (January 26, 2016). "Chamber CEO Len Stevens to retire". Reno Gazette Journal. Nevada. Retrieved March 21, 2006.

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