Steve McClain

Biography

Empty heading THE McCLAIN FILE Personal Information Full Name: Steven James McClain Born: Aug. 15, 1962, in Greenfield, Iowa Hometown: Orient, Iowa High School: Orient-Macksburg College: Chadron State (Neb.), 1984 Wife: Kim Son: Dylan Coaching Experience 1982-84: Chadron State, student assistant coach 1984-85: Sioux Empire Junior College, assistant coach 1985-86: Independence Community College, assistant coach 1986-91: Hutchinson Community College, assistant coach 1991-94: Hutchinson Community College, head coach 1994-98: TCU, assistant coach 1998-2007: Wyoming, head coach 2007-08: Colorado, assistant coach 2008-10: Colorado, associate head coach 2010-12: Indiana, assistant coach 2012-15: Indiana, associate head coach 2015-20: UIC, head coach 2020-22: Georgia, assistant coach 2022-23: Texas, special assistant to the head coach 2023-25: Texas, assistant coach 2025-Present: Tennessee, assistant coach University of Tennessee head men's basketball coach Rick Barnes announced May 13, 2025, the hiring of Steve McClain as an assistant coach. McClain brings 43 years of college coaching experience to Rocky Top, including 31 at the Division I level, 13 with Power Five programs. He has been a head coach for 17 years, including 14 with Division I teams. “Steve is a veteran coach who has accomplished so much over four-plus decades. It was an easy decision to seize the chance to hire him here at Tennessee and we’re happy to have him,” Barnes said upon announcing the hire. “His experience,