Steve Schneider (American football)
Steve Schneider is a former American football and softball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Midland Lutheran College—now known as Midland University—in Fremont, Nebraska from 1992 to 2001 and Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska from 2012 to 2019, compiling a career college football coaching record of 86–103. Schneider was the athletic director at Midland from 1992 to 2007 and Peru State from 2011 to 2018. At Midland, Schneider was also the head softball coach from 1988 to 1992. He retired from coaching in December 2019.[1]
Playing career | |
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Football | |
1977–1979 | Midland |
Position(s) | Defensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1980–1984 | Midland (assistant) |
1985–1987 | Midland (LB) |
1988–1991 | Midland (DC) |
1992–2001 | Midland |
2012–2019 | Peru State |
Softball | |
1988–1992 | Midland |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1992–2007 | Midland |
2011–2018 | Peru State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 86–103 (football) |
Tournaments | Football 0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs) |
Schneider played college football as a defensive lineman at Midland and was captain of the 1979 team before graduating in 1980. He joined the coaching staff at Midland as a part-time assistant in 1980. He was named linebackers coach in 1985 and promoted to defensive coordinator in 1988.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Midland Warriors (Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference / Great Plains Athletic Conference) (1992–2001) | |||||||||
1992 | Midland | 2–8 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
1993 | Midland | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1994 | Midland | 8–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Division II First Round | ||||
1995 | Midland | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1996 | Midland | 5–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1997 | Midland | 2–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1998 | Midland | 4–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1999 | Midland | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
2000 | Midland | 5–5 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
2001 | Midland | 5–5 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
Midland: | 47–54 | 30–34 | |||||||
Peru State Bobcats (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2012–2019) | |||||||||
2012 | Peru State | 5–6 | 3–6 | 7th | |||||
2013 | Peru State | 7–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | 23 | ||||
2014 | Peru State | 3–8 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
2015 | Peru State | 7–4 | 3–2 | T–2nd (North) | |||||
2016 | Peru State | 5–6 | 1–4 | 5th (North) | |||||
2017 | Peru State | 7–4 | 3–2 | T–3rd (North) | |||||
2018 | Peru State | 3–8 | 1–4 | T–5th (North) | |||||
2019 | Peru State | 2–9 | 2–3 | T–3rd (North) | |||||
Peru State: | 39–49 | 20–32 | |||||||
Total: | 86–103 |
References
- "Schneider to retire after eight years as head football coach at Peru State". Nebraska City News-Press. Nebraska City, Nebraska. December 10, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - Strenger, Scott (February 12, 1992). "Schneider accepts job as new athletic director". Fremont Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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