Football Injury Prevention with Drake Head Coach, Todd Stepsis

The Drake Bulldogs football are an NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision non-scholarship college football program representing Drake University and Des Moines, Iowa.

About Todd Stepsis

Todd Stepsis, is the architect and Head Football Coach of the University of Drake football team. Stepsis is the 27th head coach in Drake history and took the reins of the program after five seasons as its defensive coordinator.

In his first season as Head Coach, 21 student-athletes earned Pioneer Football League honors, the second-most in the PFL. In addition to the Bulldogs recognized for their play on the field, Drake’s three selections to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team were the most among all NCAA Division I programs.

In his previous role with the Bulldog football as the defensive coordinator, Stepsis built the Drake defense into one of the nation’s top units and coached a total of 42 all-conference selections.

In 2018, his defense was one of the best in the nation as the Bulldogs ranked ninth nationally in scoring defense (19.1 ppg), ninth in total defense (296.0 ypg), sixth in rushing defense (96.8 ypg), 10th in interceptions (17 INT), 10th in tackles for loss (8.1 TFL/g) and 15th in defensive touchdowns (3).

Stepsis, a native of Shelby, Ohio, graduated with magna cum laude honors from Ashland University, where he was a four-year member of the football team, in 1999 with a degree in special education. He also received a master’s degree from Ashland in sport education. 

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