Steve Pogue joined the University of Hartford women’s basketball team as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. Pogue was previously a member of the women’s basketball coaching staff at Bridgeport University.
Pogue has been a member of head coach Kim McNeill’s staff since the 2017-18 season. He helped the Hawks to a 19-13 record in his first season. The 19 wins during the 2017-18 season was the most since 2012-13.
In his three seasons at Bridgeport, Pogue helped the Purple Knights increase their win total each year he was on staff. During the 2016-17 season, Bridgeport won 15 games, the most since the 2012-13 campaign. In addition to his coaching duties, he served as a Game Day Operations Assistant for the Purple Knights.
Prior to landing at Bridgeport, Pogue worked as an assistant women’s basketball coach for four seasons at Nyack College, his alma mater. As a standout, four-year member of the Nyack’s men’s basketball team, he helped the Warriors reach the 2010 NCCAA National Championship game.
A member of the WBCA who attended the Center of Coaching Excellence in 2016, Pogue graduated in 2010 from Nyack with a degree in business administration with a concentration in sports management.
