Steve Saulnier

College coach infobox
Name = Steve Saulnier


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Sport = College football
College = Malone College
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OverallRecord = 10-21-0
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CFbDWID = 4487
Player = trigger
Years = 1981-1984
Team = NC State
Position = Offensive Line
Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1999-2001
CoachTeams = Malone
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Steve Saulnier is an American football player and coach in the United States, spending the bulk of his career at the collegiate level. He presently is the offensive line coach at University of North Carolina at Pembroke. [ [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060805/SPORTS15/60805003 Toledo Blade] "Sports Transactions" August 5, 2006] [ [http://www.wvwc.edu/athletics/sports/football/assets/mediaguide.pdf West Virginia Weslyan College] 2008 Football media guide]

Playing history

Saulnier played offensive line for the NC State Wolfpack football [ [http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/North_Carolina_State_University_Agromeck_Yearbook/1984/Page_217.html North Carolina State University Agromeck Yearbook] Football Team] team from 1981 to 1984. [ [http://uncpbraves.athleticsite.com/profile.asp?playerID=213 University of North Carolina-Pembroke] Steve Saulier]

Coaching history

High school coaching

Saulnier served as head coach at West Branch High School in Beloit, Ohio [ [http://archive.wkbn.com/firstnews/history/2004-12-17/1100pm/xindex.htm WKBN First News] ] and assistant coach at Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. [ [http://uncpbraves.athleticsite.com/profile.asp?playerID=213 University of North Carolina-Pembroke] Steve Saulier]

College assistant coaching

Saulnier has worked in various assistant coaching roles at the collegiate level. His history has taken him to the University of Kansas as a graduate assistant, Brown University, the University of New Mexico under Dennis Franchione, and Malone College, where he would become the head coach for three seasons. [ [http://upload.athleticsite.com/uncpbraves/pdf/uncp_football_camp.pdf Athletics Site] UNCP Braves Football Camp Staff]

Saulnier was also a key staff member for Geneva College [ [http://www.malone.edu/media/1/39/40/alumni_mag_09_2002_web.pdf Malone Magazine] "Malone's New Interim Head Coach Dan Hanson Jumpstarts Pioneer Football Program" By Mark Bankert, Autumn 2002] successful 2002 Victory Bowl win over Northwestern College and presently is the offensive line coach [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/transactions/20060804.htm USA Today] "Friday's Sports Transactions" August 5, 2006] at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060805/news_1s5agate1-aa.html San Diego Union Tribune] "Transactions" August 5, 2006] He was one of the original coaches at Pembroke [ [http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=269624 Fay Observer] "UNCP coach makes sure his family is No. 1" August 12, 2007] as football began at the school in 2007 [ [http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=259837&cid=0&ei=0qchRpvdD7n6sAGmmvSzCw Fay Observer] "Gone country: Californian fits right in at UNC-Pembroke" By Michael N. Graff, April 15, 2007] with a roster of mostly freshmen and a few sophomores. [ [http://ngcrusaders.athleticsite.com/images/gamenotes%20UNCP.pdf NGCrusaders] 2007 Football media guide]

Malone College

Saulnier served in various coaching roles at Malone College (now "Malone University") located in Canton, Ohio from 1993 until 1999 before being named the third head college football coach for the Pioneers. He held that position for three seasons, from 1999 until 2001. His coaching record at Malone was 10 wins, 21 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him fourth at Malone in total wins and fifth at Malone in winning percentage. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msfa_mideast/malone/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] Malone Coaching Records]

Saulnier's first year at Malone started with with a pre-season national ranking of #4 in the NAIA [ [http://www.cantonrep.com/archive/1999/09/03/sports.htm Canton Repository] "Saturday's are college football games - Allegheny at Malone" [September 3] , 1999] and got off to a 2-0 record, but after being hit hard with injuries of key players [ [http://www.cantonrep.com/archive/1999/09/29/sports.htm Canton Ohio Repository] "Malone's long list of injured includes its starting QB" by Andy Call, September 29, 1999] the team suffered four consecutive losses and ended up with a 4-6 record. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=4487&year=1999 College Football Data Warehouse] Steve Saulnier/Malone College 1999 record]

Personal life

Saulnier earned a bacheloer's degree in education from North Carolina State University and a master's degree in physical education at the University of New Mexico. He and his wife, Dianna, have two children. He has also served as an area director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Canton, Ohio. [ [http://www.uncp.edu/catalog/html/faculty.htm University of North Carolina-Pembroke] Faculty]

References

External links

* [http://www.malone.edu/1493 Malone College athletics website]