Steve Schneider (American football)

Steve Schneider
Current position
Title	Defensive line coach
Team	Nebraska Wesleyan
Conference	ARC
Playing career
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
2023–present	Nebraska Wesleyan (DL)
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)

Steve Schneider is an American college football and softball coach and college athletics administrator. He is the defensive line coach for Nebraska Wesleyan University, a position he has held since 2023.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA^#
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

^ "Steve Schneider - Defensive Line Coach - Football Coaches". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
^ "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 .

External links

Nebraska Wesleyan profile

[1] "Steve Schneider - Defensive Line Coach - Football Coaches". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

[2] "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 .

[3] 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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