Travis Steele

Travis Andrew Steele (born November 12, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head men's basketball coach at Miami University. He previously served as the head coach at Xavier.

Coaching career Steele began coaching as an undergraduate at Butler University, assisting the varsity boys basketball team at nearby Ben Davis HS from 2001 to 2004. He served one season as a graduate manager at Ohio State before landing his first college coaching position as an assistant coach at Wabash Valley in 2005. His record in four years was 70–50.

Miami (OH) On March 31, 2022, Steele was hired as head coach at Miami, becoming the 28th head coach in school history. When the 2025–26 Miami RedHawks started the season 25–0, in recognition of the Miami Redhawks swim team that had shown up in the winter to support the basketball team in just their Speedo trunks, Steele committed on College GameDay to Rece Davis to be hoisted while in a swimming motion wearing only a Speedo on Selection Sunday if the team won its final 6 games and the 2026 MAC men's basketball tournament. Ultimately they would finish the regular season undefeated, but lose their first game of the season in the first round of their conference tournament to Massachusetts.

In the NCAA Basketball Tournament (First Four), Miami defeated SMU 89–79, but lost their next game to Tennessee 78–56.

Head coaching record

^a Steele was fired after the NIT First Round win over Cleveland State.