Back to the Xavier Musketeers Newsfeed

The time Todd Lickliter saved Xavier head coach Travis Steele from drowning

Xavier head coach Travis Steele on his team's season-opening win on Tuesday over IUPUI Adam Baum, abaum@enquirer.com

Travis Steele's still not the strongest swimmer.

There's a good reason for that.

When he was 5 years old, Steele almost drowned.

He was saved by Todd Lickliter, a man who used to be the head basketball coach at Butler University and the University of Iowa. Lickliter was also Steele's high school coach.

On Saturday, Steele, Xavier's head coach, will reunite with Lickliter when the Musketeers host Evansville, where Lickliter is currently an assistant.