Steve Coury (born 1957) is a former

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wide receiver for the

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and a current high school football coach at

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and business executive.

Playing career

The son of college and professional football coach

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, Steve Coury attended

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where he played wide receiver, before moving on to

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in 1976. Despite the team's overall poor performance during the years he played (the team won just 8 games in his four seasons), Coury was named an

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n in 1979. When he left Oregon State, he held the records for career receiving yards (1,837) and career receptions (135), and remains in the team's top ten for both statistics. He is tied with

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for the school record for most touchdowns in a half with 3. He was inducted into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. Following his college career, Coury played one season with the

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of the

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Coaching career

Following his playing days, Coury began coaching football. He coached high school football at

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, coached wide receivers for the

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of the

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from 1983 to 1985 (where his father was head coach), and was an assistant football coach at the

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for three years. In 1992, he was named head football coach at

. Coury has led the Lakers to six state football championship appearances and to state titles in 2011 and 2018. Since 1992, Coury has had a record of 259-87 as of 2022.

Outside of football

In addition to his head coaching duties, Coury is vice president of SporTech, the

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distributor for FieldTurf

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playing surfaces. He and his wife Nancy have three children and live in Lake Oswego.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coury, Steve 1957 births Living people American football wide receivers American players of Canadian football Ottawa Rough Riders players Oregon State Beavers football players Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches United States Football League coaches High school football coaches in Oregon Lakeridge High School alumni Sportspeople from Lake Oswego, Oregon Players of American football from Oregon