Steve Alford

Alford was named Indiana Mr. Basketball in high school before playing at Indiana University under coach Bobby Knight.\n', 'He helped the Hoosiers claim their fifth national championship, and finished his career as Indiana\'s all-time leading scorer. Alford was selected in the second round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, and played four years in the league with Dallas and the Golden State Warriors. Alford then became a college head coach. He has coached at Manchester University, Southwest Missouri State University, the University of Iowa and the University of New Mexico. He spent ​5 1⁄2 seasons with the UCLA Bruins before being fired midseason in 2018–19.\n', '

Alford was born in Franklin, Indiana and grew up in New Castle. He learned to count as a three-year-old by watching the numbers tick off the scoreboard in Monroe City, where his father, Sam Alford, coached the high…