Over the last
twelve seasons X-Men Coach Steve Konchalski has led the StFX X-Men
basketball program to the top of Canadian university basketball, capturing
six Atlantic conference titles along with back-to-back National
championships in 2000 and 2001. The CIS Coach of the Year in 2001, Steve
previously led the X-Men to the school’s first National title in 1993.
Over his 29 year career, Canada’s Coach K has
accumulated 597 wins and led the team to 28 consecutive appearances in the
Atlantic Conference Playoffs. As a player, this native of Elmhurst, NY
(Archbishop Molloy HS) also led Acadia University to a National title in
1965 as he was chosen tournament MVP.
Internationally, Steve served for 16 years as
Assistant Coach of Canada’s National Team (including three Olympic games)
and was Head Coach of Team Canada for four years. He has been inducted into
the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame (as an athlete), the Canadian Basketball Hall
of Fame (as a builder) and the StFX Sports Hall of Fame. In 1999 he was
honored as the inaugural recipient of the Frank Baldwin Memorial Award for
dedication to basketball in Nova Scotia.
Steve coached the Nova Scotia Junior Men’s team
for three summers, including the 2001 Canada Games squad. He has authored a
book entitled Silver to Gold in which he chronicles the back-to-back
National Championships that spanned his 25th year at StFX.
He and
his wife, Charlene, have three children, Chris (22), Julianne (20) and Maria
(16).
