{"id":2000683,"date":"2023-08-14T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-player-stecker-right-at-home-coaching-at-corona-del-mar\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T23:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:13:05","slug":"former-nfl-player-stecker-right-at-home-coaching-at-corona-del-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-player-stecker-right-at-home-coaching-at-corona-del-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL Player Stecker Thrives Coaching at Corona Del Mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nfl-player-stecker-right-at-home-coaching-at-corona-del-mar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Aaron Stecker: From\u2063 NFL Champion \u2064to High School Coach<\/h2>\n<p>Aaron Stecker, former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion, has found his\u200d calling \u200cas\u2063 an assistant varsity\u200d coach at Corona del Mar High School in Newport\u200c Beach. Despite \u200bthe allure \u200cof big-time college or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-player-stecker-right-at-home-coaching-at-corona-del-mar\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL Player Stecker Thrives Coaching at Corona Del Mar\">pro football coaching gigs<\/a>, Stecker is content\u200d right where he is.<\/p>\n<p>When \u2064asked about his experience at Corona del Mar, Stecker couldn&#8217;t speak highly enough of the school\u200c and its coaching staff. He emphasized the importance of developing young \u200cathletes not\u2063 just as players,\u200c but\u200d as individuals. It&#8217;s clear that \u2062the people at Corona del Mar\u200b have \u200bcreated a supportive and nurturing\u200b environment for their students.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/long-awaited-saddleback-high-football-stadium-nearly-ready-5457268\">Long-Awaited, \u2064$15 Million Saddleback \u2062High Football Stadium Nearly Ready<\/a> &#8211; 8\/10\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-high-school-football-hall-of-fame-set-to-open-at-rose-bowl-5450325\">California&#8217;s High \u200bSchool Football Hall \u2062of Fame Set to\u200b Open at Rose Bowl<\/a> &#8211; 8\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stecker&#8217;s decision to coach at Corona del Mar is even \u200dmore meaningful because \u2064his son, Dorsett,\u200b is a sophomore\u2064 slot\u2062 receiver for \u200cthe Sea\u200b Kings. Last season, Stecker coached for Dorsett&#8217;s youth program \u200band assisted \u200dwith the freshmen team. It was during this time that the current head coach, Kevin Hettig, recognized Stecker&#8217;s \u200dcoaching\u200d abilities and genuine care for the players.<\/p>\n<p>Corona del \u2063Mar has a history of having \u2064former\u2062 NFL players\u2064 on their \u2062coaching staff. This year, Stecker joins the\u200b ranks of Shea McClellin and Chris Conte, both of\u200c whom have served as Sea\u200b Kings assistants. The staff\u2064 also includes former\u200c San\u200c Jose State quarterback Nick Starkel, adding\u2063 to the\u200b wealth of experience \u2063and knowledge available to\u200b the players.<\/p>\n<p>Stecker, who had previously coached\u200d in his native Wisconsin, \u2064didn&#8217;t plan on coaching during his\u200c son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-political-activism-and-influence-of-bill-gates\/\" title=\"The Political Activism And Influence of Bill Gates\">high school years<\/a>. However, he felt a pull to give back to the game \u2063that had given \u2064him so much. Inspired by his own high school coach, \u2063Stecker \u200dsaw an opportunity to make a difference at the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-gov-noem-rejects-transgender-sports-bill-sends-back-for-lawmakers-to-revise\/\" title=\"S.D. Gov. Noem rejects transgender sports bill, sends back for lawmakers to revise\">high school level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the special-teams \u200dcoordinator and running backs \u2062coach \u2062at Corona del Mar,\u2063 Stecker is able to balance his role as a coach and a father. He \u200ccherishes the time \u200dspent\u200b with his son on and off the field, and\u2063 he&#8217;s grateful for the knowledge and \u2062experiences\u2064 he can share with \u2063the young\u2064 athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Stecker, a former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion, has no aspirations for high-profile coaching positions in college or professional football. Content with his current situation, Stecker played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons during his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":2000684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}