Steve Masiello

Steve Masiello

Current position
Title	Associate head coach
Team	St. John's
Conference	Big East
Biographical details
Born	(1977-09-02) September 2, 1977
Playing career
1996–2000	Kentucky
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2005	Manhattan (assistant)
2005–2011	Louisville (assistant)
2011–2022	Manhattan
2023–present	St. John's (associate HC)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2000–2001	Tulane (admin. asst.)
2022–2023	Iona (dir. operations)
Head coaching record
Overall	162–177 (.478)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA) 1–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× MAAC tournament (2014, 2015)

Stephen John Masiello Jr. (born September 2, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and a former player. He is currently the associate head coach at St. John's.

Masiello is a native of White Plains, New York. He graduated from Iona Grammar School in 1991 and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School for two years before transferring to the Harvey School in Katonah, New York. Masiello played collegiately as a walk-on at Kentucky for coaches Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith from 1996 to 2000. Though he rarely played, he was a member of two Final Four teams, including the 1997–98 Wildcats team that won the national championship. Masiello left Kentucky without completing his college degree in communications, despite information to the contrary on his Manhattan College and Louisville website bios.

Following the close of his college career, Masiello got his first coaching job as an administrative assistant at Tulane during the 2000–01 season. Following a stint as an assistant at Manhattan, he got an opportunity to rejoin his old coach Pitino at Louisville. Masiello served on Pitino's staff for six years, gaining a reputation as a top assistant coach and strong recruiter.

Manhattan

On April 11, 2011, Masiello was named the 24th head basketball coach at Manhattan College.

On March 25, 2014, Masiello agreed to a deal to become the next head coach at South Florida. However, South Florida later rescinded their offer after it was reported that he had not graduated from the University of Kentucky, as his résumé had stated. Masiello was subsequently placed on leave by Manhattan. It was announced on April 7, 2014, that Masiello will be retained as Manhattan head coach, but is on permanent leave until he gets his undergraduate degree. On May 29, 2014, the University of Kentucky announced that Masiello had completed his required coursework and would receive a degree that August.

Masiello was relieved of duty in October 2022 just weeks before the start of the season. Afterward, Masiello was hired as director of operations for Iona under former Louisville and then Iona head basketball coach, Rick Pitino.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Manhattan Jaspers (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2011–2022)
2011–12	Manhattan	21–13	12–6	T–3rd	CIT second round
2012–13	Manhattan	14–18	9–9	T–6th
2013–14	Manhattan	25–8	15–5	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2014–15	Manhattan	19–14	13–7	T–3rd	NCAA Division I First Four
2015–16	Manhattan	13–18	9–11	6th
2016–17	Manhattan	10–22	5–15	T–10th
2017–18	Manhattan	14–17	9–9	T–5th
2018–19	Manhattan	11–21	8–10	7th
2019–20	Manhattan	13–18	8–12	T–8th
2020–21	Manhattan	7–13	6–12	10th
2021–22	Manhattan	15–15	8–12	T–7th
Manhattan:		162–177 (.478)	105–111 (.486)
"ARMADURA Z29 HELMET ARMOR Z29" by OSCAR CREATIVO Total:		162–177 (.478)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Manhattan Jaspers profile
• College playing statistics