Personal
- Earned his Master's degree in physical education
- Played on the Cougar baseball team as well
- Married to Sandra with two children
Career Highlights
- Averaged 19.7 ppg his senior season
- Named UPI Little All-America (1st) and Helms (2nd)
- Broke Terry Tebbs' Smith Fieldhouse record of 12 field goals in one game by scoring 14 field goals
- Named Skyline Conference Player of the Year his senior year
- Also played shortstop on the BYu baseball team
Before BYU
- Attended Granger High School
After BYU
- Worked as an assistant basketball coach at BYU
- Became head basketball and football coach for a high school in Golden, Colorado
- Made the head basketball coach at Westminister College in Salt Lake City in 1966
- Became the Athletic Director and Dean of Men at Westminister in 1968
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1981
Stats
Year G FGM-FGA FG% FTM-FTA FT% R-AVE P-AVE 56-57 26 203-565 36 105-124 85 100-3.8 511-19.7 55-56 23 73-217 34 20-28 71 23-1.0 166-7.7 54-55 9 4-23 15 0-1 0 4-0.44 8-.9 Totals 55 280-805 35 125-153 82 127-2.3 685-12.5
1981 BYU Hall of Fame
Tom Steinke, a basketball star and crowd pleaser of the mid 1950s, was well known by his fans and opponents for his unbelievable fall away jump shot.
As a senior in 1957 he led the conference in scoring with 511 total points. He broke Terry Tebbs’ Smith Fieldhouse record of 12 field goals in one game by scoring 14 field goals vs. Colorado State. Tom was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Year that season and was invited to play in the East-West All-Star game. Also in 1957, he made the Associated Press little All-America First Team and the Helms All-America Second Team. In addition, he played shortstop on the BYU baseball team.
After graduation, Tom did his master’s work in physical education and was an assistant basketball coach at BYU. Subsequently, he became head basketball and football coach for a high school in Golden, Colorado.
In 1966, Tom was made head basketball coach at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Two years later he became athletic director and Dean of Men at the same institution.
Tom and his wife Sandra are the parents of two children.
- Tom saw limited action as a sophomore, playing in only nine games
- Averaged 7.7 ppg and 2.5 rebounds as a junior, playing in 23 games
- Averaged 19.7 points and 3.8 rebounds his senior season
- Led BYU to a surprising first place finish in the Skyline Conference
- Steinkes 19.7 average for the season was the highest ever by a BYU player at that time
- Named UPI Little All-America (1st) and Helms (2nd)
- Named Skyline Conference Player of the Year
- Invited to play in the East-West All-Star game
- Broke Terry Tebbs' Smith Fieldhouse record of 12 field goals in one game by scoring 14 field goals against Colorado State