Steven King - Football Coach - Bucknell University Athletics

Steven King

Title:
Assistant Coach (WR/Special Teams Coordinator)
Email:
sk036@bucknell.edu
Phone:
570-577-3826

King joined the Bucknell football staff as a wide receivers coach before spring practice in 2016. Under head coach Dave Cecchini, King will work with the Bison running backs.

In 2017 and 2018, King also served as Bucknell's special teams coordinator. In 2018, he mentored two specialists who ranked in the FCS's top five in their respective statistical categories. Punter Alex Pechin, who was named to five All-America teams, led the FCS in punting yards (3,606) and placed fourth in punting average (44.5). Meanwhile, return man Bryan Marine finished in a tie for third in punt return yards (296) and fourth in combined kick return yards (899). The year before, Pechin broke his own school record by three full yards with a 45.1 punting average, which was good for third in the FCS ranks.

King's wide receivers excelled in 2018, with senior Alan Butler making the All-Patriot League Second Team and freshman Brandon Sanders leading the team in receptions and receiving yards. One of King's most successful charges was Will Carter, who graduated in 2017 as Bucknell's record holder in receptions (195), receiving yards (2,744) and touchdown catches (18).

In 2017, King participated in the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship with the Oakland Raiders. During his time in the program, he worked with the Raider special teams.

Before joining the Bison staff, King spent two seasons at the University of Nevada, first as an offensive graduate assistant working with the wide receivers and then as a defensive graduate assistant working with the nickel position. During his time in Reno, the Wolf Pack played in the New Orleans Bowl and Arizona Bowl.

King spent the 2012 and 2013 campaigns at Wagner College, helping the Seahawks capture their first Northeast Conference title and NCAA playoff berth. There, he mentored running back Dominique Williams, a member of the 2012 College Sports Journal All-American team and a two-time All-NEC honoree. Williams spent two seasons with the New York Jets before moving on to the Canadian Football League.

In 2011, King served as a wide receiver coach at Nassau Community College on Long Island. There, he tutored wide receiver Mark Thomas, who went on to earn all-conference honors after leading the conference in receptions and receiving yards.

Before his time at Nassau, King served as the running backs and defensive backs coach at East Meadow (N.Y.) High School from 2007 to 2011. He developed two players who won the Thorpe Award, presented annually by Newsday to Long Island's Most Outstanding Player.

A native of Hempstead, N.Y., King was a four-year letter winner at the University at Buffalo, where he led the team in rushing touchdowns as a junior and senior.

King earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Buffalo in 2007 and a master's degree in business administration from Wagner in 2014. He added a second master's degree in educational leadership from Nevada in 2015.