Gordon Steele returns to the University of South Alabama football program and will be the Jaguars’ offensive line coach in his second season.
Last season, the offensive line helped the Jags average 382.4 yards per game of total offense, including 110.9 yards rushing. They also helped the Jags convert on 33 percent of third down conversions and 64 percent on fourth down conversion, while also allowing the offense to throw for 256 yards.
Steele served as an analyst at Alabama the last three seasons, during which time the program has gone 38-3 while posting a 24-2 mark in Southeastern Conference play. That included helping the Crimson Tide to the College Football Playoff national title last fall after going 13-0 overall — including a 10-0 record in the league prior to winning the SEC championship game — as UA made its second appearance in the national championship contest in his time on the staff. Steele’s first fall with the Crimson Tide saw the team finish 14-1, while they were 11-2 in 2019 following a victory over 14th-ranked Michigan in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl.
His role at Alabama included responsibilities assisting in the team’s run game plan and protections, short yardage and goal line plans and analysis of upcoming opponents’ fronts and pressures.
Steele was originally was a member of the Jaguar coaching staff in 2017, beginning the year as a graduate assistant but earning a promotion to tight ends coach after the departure of another individual. In addition to aiding in the team’s weekly run game plan — including short-yardage and goal line situations — he was responsible for recruiting as well as monitoring the academic performance of his group.
He spent three years coaching at Murray State, working with tight ends during the 2014 campaign before serving as the Racers’ offensive line coach the next two seasons. While a graduate assistant at LSU from 2011-13, Steele worked on a staff that helped the Tigers to a 33-7 overall record during that stretch which included reaching the BCS national championship game his first season at the school as well as a victory over Iowa in the Outback Bowl his last.
Steele was a four-year letterwinner at Valdosta (Ga.) State, where he was a member of teams that claimed the NCAA Division II national championship in 2007 and the Gulf South Conference title three seasons later. After earning his undergraduate degree from the school in 2010, Steele would go on to receive his master’s degree from LSU in 2013.
He and his wife Melissa have two children, daughter Sawyer Kate and son Andrew.
The Steele File
Born: Nov. 24, 1986, in Stillwater, Okla.
Education:
Valdosta (Ga.) State ’10, bachelor’s degree in criminal justice
LSU ’13, master’s degree in liberal arts
Collegiate Playing Experience:
Six years, offensive line
Won 2007 NCAA Division II national championship
Coaching Experience:
LSU — graduate assistant coach, 2011-13
Murray State — assistant coach, 2014-16
South Alabama — assistant coach, 2017; assistant coach, ’21-
Alabama — analyst, 2018-20
Family: Wife, Melissa; One daughter Sawyer Kate (4) and one son, Andrew (2)
