Former Alabama basketball player Andrew Steele hired to Troy staff

Andrew Steele, a former Alabama basketball player, has been hired to the Troy staff after two seasons at South Alabama. (Bobby McDuffie/South Alabama athletics)

Former Alabama basketball player Andrew Steele has been hired as director of basketball operations at Troy, the school announced Wednesday.

The 28-year-old Steele was on staff at South Alabama the last two years, first as a graduate assistant and then as DBO. He was not retained when Jaguars coach Matthew Graves was fired at the end of the 2017-18 season.

"We're thrilled to add Andrew to our staff as the director of operations," Troy coach Phil Cunningham said. "He caught my eye a long time ago as a high school prospect playing for the Alabama Challenge AAU team when I was an assistant coach trying to recruit him at Mississippi State. He eventually went to Alabama where our teams at State and his Crimson Tide teams were heated rivals.

"He was a tremendous leader and competitor as a player, and those same characteristics are what make him an outstanding coach today. He's got a very bright future ahead of him in the coaching profession, and we're really excited about how he is going to help our guys on and off the floor."

Steele played at Alabama from 2008-13, averaging 4.2 points per game and was a team captain as a senior. He is the younger brother of Ronald Steele, a former star point guard for the Crimson Tide.

Prior to going into college coaching, Steele was head basketball coach at Birmingham's John Carroll Catholic High School, his alma mater.

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