Steve Wieberg (born 1955) is an American former college sports reporter who had a 30-year career with USA Today (1982–2012). He is a writer and editor in the public affairs department of the Kansas City Public Library.
A former resident of Martinsburg, Missouri, Wieberg is a graduate of Community R-VI High School in Laddonia, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1976. Wieberg first worked as a sports reporter at two Missouri newspapers, The Mexico Ledger and the Springfield News-Leader. He then joined the founding staff at USA Today, where he spent 30 years, working first in Washington, D.C., then relocating back to Missouri.[1]
Wieberg was inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2008.[2] He was a member of the initial College Football Playoff selection committee, serving from 2014 to 2018.[3] He received the Bert McGrane Award from the Football Writers Association of America in 2018.[4]
Wieberg and his wife lived for 28 years in Lawson, Missouri, where they raised three children.[4] The couple later moved to Liberty, Missouri.[4]