Steve Hudson joined the East Central University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach starting in the 2020-21 season.
Hudson brings 37 years of coaching experience with him, including 25 years as a head coach and 12 as an assistant at all levels of basketball. Overall, he has a 362-282 record.
He coached 17 years as a head high school coach, with a record of 254-184. Five of his teams advanced to the state tournaments in Oklahoma and Texas.
Hudson spent seven seasons as a college coach, inducing four years at Wingate University (N.C.) and three at Oklahoma Panhandle State. He also spent time as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame, under John MacLeod. While with the Fighting Irish, the team advanced to the finals of the National Invitational Tournament in New York City.
This season, Hudson will approach a major coaching milestone, as he needs 23 games to coach in his 1,000-career game.
Before being sidelined by injury in college, he was a starting point guard at Eastern Oklahoma State College for two seasons. He then started his coaching career as a graduate assistant for ECU Hall of Fame Coach Jerry Anderson (1973-74).
Hudson, the Coalgate, Okla., native, and his wife Linda, a retired elementary school teacher, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 26, 2021.
