Steward enters his first season as an assistant coach with the University of Rochester football program in 2024, working with the wide receivers.
Steward comes to the River Campus after spending the past two years as the wide receivers coach at NCAA Division II Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. Over two seasons with the Griffins, Steward helped coach a 2023 First-Team All-Collegiate Spring Football League (CSFL) honoree in Kyree Griffin and saw three wideouts haul in 300+ yards receiving.
During his time at Chestnut Hill, Steward also coached overseas in both the Italian Football League (IFL) and the German Football League (GFL), spending one season as the wide receivers coach with the Hildesheim Invaders of the GFL, and the following season as the offensive coordinator with the Milano Rhinos of the IFL.
Prior to joining the Griffins in March 2022, Steward began his coaching career at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Philadelphia, PA, serving as both the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Cougars from Feb. 2019 – June 2023.
A 2018 graduate of Delaware Valley, Steward played in 21 games over two seasons for the Aggies, earning a Middle American Conference (MAC) Fall Academic Honor Roll selection in 2016 before helping Delaware Valley win the MAC and reach the NCAA Division III quarterfinals in 2017.
Steward earned his bachelor’s degree from Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, PA in marketing management and research in Dec. 2018.
