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Travis Steele is in his second season at Indiana and was promoted to assistant coach on February 25 after serving as the Hoosiers video coordinator.
A 2004 Butler University cum laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in business, Steele served as an assistant basketball coach at Ben Davis High School during his undergraduate career. He helped Ben Davis to the 2002 Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference title and the 2003 sectional crown.
Following graduation from Butler, he enrolled in graduate school at Ohio State University and served as a graduate assistant to Thad Matta. The Buckeyes posted a 20-12 record in 2004-05, including upset victories over then-No. 1 Illinois and No. 14 Iowa.
Steele continued his coaching career as an assistant at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Ill., in 2005-06. The Warriors recorded a 16-6 mark and advanced to the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXIV Tournament.
