University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Women's Basketball
Steven Fennelly
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Steven.Fennelly@UNI.edu
- Phone:
- 273-5831
Steven Fennelly will begin his first year as an assistant coach with the Panthers in 2017-18.
Fennelly will primarily coach UNI’s post players and serve as the recruiting coordinator. He will also assist in all day-to-day needs of the women’s basketball program.
Fennelly was hired at Idaho in 2016, he coached the Vandals post players while also taking on responsibilities of recruiting and the team’s video coordinator.
Prior to Idaho, Fennelly spent three seasons (2013-16) with Cal State Fullerton as an assistant coach. With the Titans, Fennelly assisted on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
Before his role with CSU Fullerton, Fennelly served two seasons (2011-13) as the head video coordinator at Iowa State. During his two years as graduate with the Cyclones the team posted a 42-22 (.656) record, including two trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Fennelly also worked as the head student manager at ISU for four seasons (2007-11) prior to his post-graduate position with the Cyclones. Fennelly, alongside his father and ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, went to six consecutive NCAA Tournaments while he worked in Ames. Included in the postseason trips were two Sweet Sixteens and one trip to the Elite Eight in 2009.
A native of Ames, Iowa, Fennelly graduated from Iowa State in 2007, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications. He received his master’s in 2013, also from Iowa State.
Fennelly and his wife, Andrea, were married in May of 2015. The couple have a son, Camden, who is five months old.
Fennelly will primarily coach UNI’s post players and serve as the recruiting coordinator. He will also assist in all day-to-day needs of the women’s basketball program.
Fennelly was hired at Idaho in 2016, he coached the Vandals post players while also taking on responsibilities of recruiting and the team’s video coordinator.
Prior to Idaho, Fennelly spent three seasons (2013-16) with Cal State Fullerton as an assistant coach. With the Titans, Fennelly assisted on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
Before his role with CSU Fullerton, Fennelly served two seasons (2011-13) as the head video coordinator at Iowa State. During his two years as graduate with the Cyclones the team posted a 42-22 (.656) record, including two trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Fennelly also worked as the head student manager at ISU for four seasons (2007-11) prior to his post-graduate position with the Cyclones. Fennelly, alongside his father and ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, went to six consecutive NCAA Tournaments while he worked in Ames. Included in the postseason trips were two Sweet Sixteens and one trip to the Elite Eight in 2009.
A native of Ames, Iowa, Fennelly graduated from Iowa State in 2007, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications. He received his master’s in 2013, also from Iowa State.
Fennelly and his wife, Andrea, were married in May of 2015. The couple have a son, Camden, who is five months old.
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