Kevin Steele

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Kevin Steele
Kevin Steele at Baylor.
Title	Defensive coordinator
College	Alabama
Sport	Football
Born	March 17, 1958 (age 49)
Place of birth	Dillon, South Carolina
Career Highlights
Overall	9-36
School as a player
1978-1979 1976	Tennessee Furman
Position	LB
Coaching positions
2007-Present 2002-2006 1999-2002 1995-1998 1989-1994 1987-1988 1984-1986 1983 1982 1980-1981	Alabama (Defensive coordinator) Florida State (Executive head coach) Baylor Carolina Panthers (Assistant coach) Nebraska (Linebackers coach) Tennessee (Defensive backs coach) Oklahoma State (LBs/TEs coach) New Mexico State (Linebackers coach) Tennessee (Outside Linebackers coach) Tennessee (Graduate assistant)

Kevin Steele (born May 17, 1958, in Dillon, South Carolina ) is an American football coach. He currently serves as the defensive coordinator at The University of Alabama, hired by head football coach Nick Saban on January 4, 2007.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Career as an Assistant 2.2 NFL years 2.3 Head coaching career 2.3.1 Head Coaching Record 3 Family 4 External link

[edit] Playing career

Steele played three seasons of collegiate football as a linebacker. He spent his freshman year at Furman University before transferring to Tennessee, where he was a member of Johnny Majors' 1978 and 1979 squads.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Career as an Assistant

From 1989-94, Steele coached the linebackers under Nebraska legend Tom Osborne. During his six years in Lincoln, the Cornhuskers went 60-11, appeared in six bowl games, won four conference championships and captured the 1994 national championship with a 13-0 record. He has also served as an assistant coach at the Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Oklahoma State University and New Mexico State University. January 4, 2007 found Steele being hired by new Alabama coach Nick Saban as defensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide.

[edit] NFL years

In 1995, Steele made the jump to the NFL as the linebackers coach for the Carolina Panthers. Under head coach Dom Capers, the Panthers reached the NFC Championship game in their second season (1996).

A well publicized moment occurred during Steele's last year in Carolina. Linebacker Kevin Greene attacked Steele during a heated discussion, grabbing the coach by his clothing. The incident was captured on live television. Steele did not retaliate. Description of incident

"Football is an emotional, aggressive game," Steele said. "Those guys are out there fighting. Kevin is a good person. We've talked about it and worked it out. That's all I have to say about it." Quote from Article

[edit] Head coaching career

Steele was the head coach at Baylor University from 1999 to 2002. Steele compiled a record of only 9-36, but was known for his impressive recruiting. Steele was succeeded by Baylor's current coach Guy Morriss.

During his first season as head coach, Steele's Baylor team was involved in what ESPN.com called one of the top 10 worst coaching decisions: "Steele's costly attitude"

[edit] Head Coaching Record

TEAM	YEAR	WINS	LOSSES
Baylor	1999	1	10
Baylor	2000	2	9
Baylor	2001	3	8
Baylor	2002	3	9
CAREER TOTAL	4 years	9	36

[edit] Family

Steele is a native of Dillon, South Carolina. He and his wife, Linda, have an 18-year-old son (Gordon) and a 16-year-old daughter (Caroline).

[edit] External link

• Kevin Steele Bio at Florida State

Preceded by Dave Roberts

Baylor Head Football Coaches 1999–2002

Succeeded by Guy Morriss

Preceded by Joe Kines

Alabama Crimson Tide Defensive Coordinator 2007-

Succeeded by incumbent