1. Steve Carfino was born on August 28,1962 and is an American former professional basketball player, who played for the University of Iowa in college basketball and later in the Australian National Basketball League.
24 Facts About Steve Carfino
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Steve Carfino is the younger brother of former University of Southern California player Don Carfino.
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Steve Carfino is a patron of CBC which helps in men's mental health awareness.
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Steve Carfino attended the University of Iowa, as a guard, recruited by Lute Olson and finishing his last season under George Raveling.
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Steve Carfino was cut by the Celtics in August 1984.
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Steve Carfino played five seasons in the NBL between 1986 and 1991.
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Steve Carfino was forced to retire from playing after the 1991 NBL season at the age of 29 due to ongoing back problems.
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Steve Carfino took the opportunity to follow in the foot-steps of other great 'import' players that had made a big impact on the game down-under, and elevated the league to new levels through the 80s.
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Steve Carfino was named in the All-NBL first team in his debut season.
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Steve Carfino was ranked fourth in scoring in his debut season averaging 32.7 per game, and came second in the category of assists, and steals.
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Steve Carfino was named the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player award in 1986.
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Steve Carfino was then named in the 1987 All-NBL first team, and was ranked second in steals averaging 3.4 a game.
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Steve Carfino joined the Sydney Kings in 1988 after playing two seasons and 51 games at the Hobart Devils.
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On October 10,2013, Steve Carfino was named in the Sydney Kings 25th Anniversary Team.
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Steve Carfino was appointed as Senior Men's coach for local Sydney domestic basketball club Homenetmen Antranig on April 13,2016.
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Steve Carfino was inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame as a player in 2004.
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Steve Carfino's selection caused some angst among some of the press who accused him and fellow Fox Sports television commentator John Casey of shamelessly pushing for his inclusion in the HoF during their commentary of NBL games.
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In 1996 Steve Carfino joined Fox Sports to provide commentary of televised NBL games alongside play-by-play commentator John Casey.
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Steve Carfino hosted FOX SPORTS Central, The Afternoon Rush, Inside Basketball, and NBL Wrap.
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Steve Carfino was signed as a play-by-play commentator where he usually partners other former NBL players Andrew Gaze and Brett Maher as well as Perth based Lachy Reid.
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On 7 December 2014, Steve Carfino resigned from Channel Ten, ending his 22 years as a commentator.
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Steve Carfino is active providing private basketball clinics for amateur teams looking to take that next step and achieve their full potential, ignites corporate events as MC or guest speaker with a focus on how to take winning teamwork strategies from pro-sports and applying them to pro-business, and is a consulting partner in a Sydney-based Sports Marketing agency focused on delivering marketing strategy, brand and production services to professional sports teams across all codes.
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Early in August 2014, Steve Carfino signed a deal with high school team St Patrick's College Strathfield as the head coach of the 1st V basketball team.
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Steve Carfino now is the head of Basketball at Waverley College.