He played basketball professionally in Israel and joined Penn in 1976, serving in roles including academic counselor and assistant athletic director. [3] He directed the Penn Relays and has played on championship teams across various levels. [ 3 ]

Jul 6, 2016 · In Penn basketball’s heyday, it was Steve Bilsky acting as floor general for the Quakers. Penn’s teams of 1970 and 1971, for which Bilsky started at point guard, compiled a 53-3 record, losing just one regular season game during those years.

A native of Roslyn, NY, Bilsky played on the 1970-71 nationally-ranked Quaker basketball team (28-1), considered one of the all-time greatest teams in Penn history. He led the 1969-70 team in free throw percentage, hitting 81 percent of his shots and is still the Penn record holder for free throws made in a game with 17 against Columbia.

Penn's floor general, Bilsky was an adept ball handler whose ability helped lead the Quakers to an undefeated regular season 26-0 (14-0 in conference) and a No. 3 ranking in the nation. They returned to the NCAA tournament as the Ivy League champion for the second consecutive year.

Aug 1, 2019 · At 5-foot-11, Steve Bilsky was the court general for the Ivy League’s greatest team: the 1970-71 Quakers. Penn had a combined 53-3 record in Bilsky’s and Wohl’s junior and senior seasons, losing only lost one regular season game.

Feb 20, 2003 · When Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky first visited Penn as a high school basketball recruit in 1967, he went to watch an intense Big 5 double-header in the Palestra. For Bilsky, it was love at first sight, and he's been bleeding red and blue ever since.

Jan 8, 2014 · From his time pounding the Palestra hardwood as a crafty point guard to his long stint as the University’s ambitious athletic director, Steve Bilsky W’71’s contributions to Penn have spanned many decades. But on June 30, an era in Quaker sports will come to an end, as Bilsky will retire from a post he’s held for 20 years.

They are the last Ivy League team to advance to the Final Four and Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament as of 2023. Other notable Penn teams include the team led by guards Matt Maloney and Jerome Allen during the mid-1990s and the nationally ranked teams of the early 1970s led by Dave Wohl, Steve Bilsky, Corky Calhoun and Bob Morse.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price today announced that Director of Athletics Steve Bilsky will retire on June 30.

Jan 17, 1995 · In an intense Big 5 game, Steve Bilsky and the Quakers outlasted Fran Dunphy's Explorers Jan. 28, 1970 --"Quakers collect Palestra rent tonight" read the rollout in the Penn cheering section, and it couldn't have been more true. …