UC Riverside

Stephen Sauers joined the UC Riverside Men's Basketball Team as an assistant coach in August of 2013.
 
Sauers and Interim Head Coach Dennis Cutts were teammates at the University of Albany from 1986-90 where the duo helped the Great Danes to four consecutive winning seasons, including three 20-win campaigns.

Prior to joining the Highlanders, Sauers served as the director of basketball operations at Seton Hall from 2010-13. He held the same position for two seasons under former head coach Bobby Gonzalez (2006-08), and was an assistant coach at Iona College under current Seton Hall Head Coach Kevin Willard from 2008-10.

Sauers joined head coach Gonzalez' staff for the 2006-07 season at Seton Hall after a year at the Hoop Group, out of Neptune, N.J. where he worked for Rob Kenney, current MAAC-TV color analyst. He was responsible for the recruitment of high school student-athletes to all company events, and was director of the Eastern Invitational Camps and Top 100 clinics. Sauers was also the site director for all high school and AAU tournaments.

Sauers' long background in coaching began at Marist upon his graduation from Albany in 1990. He served under former Red Fox head coach and current Army women's coach Dave Magarity from 1990-2004. Sauers moved up the ladder during his tenure at Marist, starting as a graduate assistant coach, a full-time assistant by 1993, senior assistant coach in 1996, and associate head coach in 2001.

Marist enjoyed both an NIT appearance in 1996 and a MAAC regular season championship in 2000 during his tenure in Poughkeepsie. Sauers was responsible for recruiting 15 All-MAAC performers at Marist. He was instrumental in signing the core class from the Red Foxes' 2007 regular season championship team including MAAC Player of the Year and NBA-draftee Jared Jordan and All-MAAC performers Will Whittington and Ryan Stilphen.

In 2004-05, Sauers was the head coach at the United States Military Academy Prep School in Fort Monmouth, NJ, leading the team to a school-best, 16-7 record.

In addition to his responsibilities at Marist, Sauers gained international coaching experience, coaching for the Nigerian National Team as an assistant from 1992-96. His father, Richard "Doc" Sauers, was a legendary coach at Albany State from 1956-97, winning over 700 games.

He is a 1990 graduate of Albany, with a bachelor's degree in sociology. While a player at Albany under his father, Sauers was a two-year starter and helped his team to a four-year record of 77-34. He currently ranks No. 5 all-time on the Great Danes' assist list with 386 and still holds the single-game record for assists with 15.