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Steve Ryan (American football)

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Sport(s)
  
Football

Overall
  
128–36

Team
  
Morningside College

Record
  
128–36

Positions
  
1985–1988
  
Wheaton (IL)

Name
  
Steve Ryan

Titles
  
2002–present
  
Morningside

Role
  
Coach


Steve Ryan (American football) Morningsides Steve Ryan named NAIA coach of the year KTIV News 4

Conference
  
Great Plains Athletic Conference

Tournaments
  
14–11 (NAIA playoffs)

Steve Ryan is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, a position he has held since the 2002 football season. Prior to Morningside, Ryan served as an assistant coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas.

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Ryan graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois in 1989 with his undergraduate degree, where he was a four-time letter winner and three-year starter for the Thunder. He earned a master's degree in 1997 from National Louis University.

Coaching career

Ryan took over as the head coach in 2002 and led the Morningside Mustangs to a 5–5 season. That inaugural season was considered a success as the Mustangs ended a streak of 15 consecutive losing seasons. Ryan has had only one losing season, 2003. Since that year, the Mustangs have appeared in the NAIA playoffs for 12 straight seasons, including the championship game in 2012. They have lost no more than three game in any of those seasons.

Ryan's coaching achievements rank him first at Morningside in total wins (132) and winning percentage (.781).

Family

Ryan is married and is the father of six children.

References

Steve Ryan (American football) Wikipedia


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