HEAD COACH STEVE LAMIE
Now entering his 12th year as head coach, Lamie owns a 156-132 career record. He earned his 100th career victory Jan. 26, 2005 as Grove City downed Thiel, 65-50, at the Grove City College Arena. In 2007, Lamie led Grove City to its sixth all-time Presidents' Athletic Conference championship. Grove City defeated Washington & Jefferson in the conference tournament championship game after entering the tournament as the fourth seed. The Wolverines also earned an ECAC playoff berth, the program's 10th all-time postseason appearance. Lamie also guided Grove City to the PAC championship in 2003 as the Wolverines downed Thiel in the conference title game 60-59 in Greenville. The 2002-03 Wolverines finished among the top 10 nationally in both field goal percentage and rebound margin while finishing 18-9 -- the fifth-best season in school history. Grove City also hosted its first-ever ECAC playoff game in 2003 as the Wolverines hosted Neumann College in a quarterfinal game. In 2001-02, the Wolverines finished second in the nation in rebound margin and held their opponents to less than 38 percent shooting from the floor. Grove City also finished among the national leaders in field goal percentage in 2003-04. That formula has been a constant since Lamie became head coach in the summer of 1998. In his first season, the Wolverines captured the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the ECAC championship tournament. Lamie is the 21st head men’s basketball coach in Grove City history. Prior to becoming head coach, he assisted longtime head coach John Barr for four seasons. The Wolverines won 16 games in consecutive seasons and reached the ECAC tournament twice in Lamie’s first two years as an assistant. A 1985 magna cum laude graduate of the College, Lamie played four years under Barr, earning the team’s hustle award and co-captain honors as a senior, along with Dean's List honors as a student. As a sophomore, he helped Grove City advance to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. His coaching career began as an assistant at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pa. After four seasons at Cedar Crest, spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Kent State University, earning his master’s degree in biology in 1991. Lamie then returned to the high school ranks for three seasons as a head coach. After one year at Palisades High School in Kintersville, Pa., Lamie led Perkasie, Pa.-based Pennridge High School to the District I playoffs in 1994, ending a six-year drought. His wife Melissa is the head coach of the Grove City College women’s soccer team. They reside in Pine Township with their daughter, Melia. Go back to Wolverine Basketball Home Page |
In
11 seasons as Grove City College's head men's
basketball coach, Steve Lamie has guided the Wolverines to three
Presidents' Athletic Conference championships, five postseason berths.