Steve Clarkson

Steve Clarkson is an American football coach. He is considered one of the premier quarterback coaches.cite news |first=David Leon |last=Moore |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Parents pay dearly to coach kids for stardom |url=http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/firstyear/casestudies/20040106-coaching.pdf |work=USA Today |publisher= |date=2002-07-26 |accessdate=2008-02-19 ] Clarkson has tutored Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart, J. P. Losman, Gino Torretta and Jimmy Clausen, among others.Arash Markazi, [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/arash_markazi/02/04/barkley.usc/index.html Fully committed] , SI.com, February 5, 2008.] Christopher Lawlor, [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=lawlor_christopher&id=3295434 Grounded in faith, Barkley leads the way for Mater Dei] , ESPN.com, April 1, 2008.]

Clarkson is a 1979 graduate of L. A. Wilson High School, where he led his team to three Los Angeles City Championships with a 39-1 record during three seasons. Clarkson was named to the All-City teams during his Junior and Senior seasons, and was the All-City Player of the Year in 1978 after leading the state in passing yards and total offense. He later was a three-year starter for coach Jack Elway at San José State University, where he holds several passing records and was named to the Academic All-American teams in 1981 and 1982.

After going undrafted in the 1983 NFL Draft, Clarkson played a season for the Denver Broncos and two seasons for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. He then became a district manager for a steakhouse chain, before turning to football coaching. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3576332&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos2] He founded “Air 7”, a quarterback academy, that offers tutoring to high school players. Clarkson has since coached more than 20 Division I-A quarterback starters and, including other positions, Air 7 has produced about 80 I-A starters.

Steve Clarkson left Air 7 QBU in August of 2007 and joined DeBartolo Sports University along with his partner Garrett Shea (former Director of the Army All-American Bowl on NBC). Together they are building an amateur sports company for Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. Mr. DeBartolo led the San Francisco 49ers to 5 Super Bowl Championships.

DeBartolo Sports University now features the Steve Clarkson QB School and Steve Clarkson QB Academies.

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External links

* [http://www.steveclarksonqbacademy.com Steve Clarkson QB Academy]
* [http://www.debartolosportsu.com DeBartolo Sports University]