Steve Buckelew Retires

February 15, 2023

Pearland head basketball coach Steve Buckelew has decided to retire after 28 years at the helm of the Pearland roundballers.
Buckelew has won over 800 games during his tenure at the high school level which currently ranks him No. 34 in the nation among active high school basketball coaches.
Buckelew began his coaching career at Dodson, Louisiana. He then returned to his hometown of Winnfield, where he made the playoffs all six years. After five years as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, he returned to the high school ranks in Jessieville, AR.
In 1995 Buckelew moved to Pearland where his Oilers have made multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the final four in 1998.
He is a past president of the Greater Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association.
Pearland Superintendent Larry Berger (left, see photo) presented Buckelew (center) with a special plaque recognizing his outstanding career at the Oilers final home game last week. Buckelew is the all-time winningest basketball coach at Pearland High School.
[Photo by Lloyd Hendricks.]

Pearland head basketball coach Steve Buckelew has decided to retire after 28 years at the helm of the Pearland roundballers.

Buckelew has won over 800 games during his tenure at the high school level which currently ranks him No. 34 in the nation among active high school basketball coaches.

Buckelew began his coaching career at Dodson, Louisiana. He then returned to his hometown of Winnfield, where he made the playoffs all six years. After five years as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, he returned to the high school ranks in Jessieville, AR.

In 1995 Buckelew moved to Pearland where his Oilers have made multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the final four in 1998.

He is a past president of the Greater Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association.

Pearland Superintendent Larry Berger (left, see photo) presented Buckelew (center) with a special plaque recognizing his outstanding career at the Oilers final home game last week. Buckelew is the all-time winningest basketball coach at Pearland High School.