Steve Coury

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name=Steve Coury


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Position=WR
College=Oregon State
Jersey=44
player=yes
years= 1979
teams= Ottawa Rough Riders
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coachingyears= 1983–1985
1986–1988
1992–present
coachingteams= Portland Breakers (asst)
University of Pittsburgh (asst)
Lake Oswego High School (HC)

Steve Coury (born 1957) is a former American football wide receiver for the Oregon State Beavers and a current high school football coach and business executive.

Playing career

The son of college and professional football coach Dick Coury, Steve Coury attended Lakeridge High School in city|Lake Oswego|Oregon where he played wide receiver, before moving on to Oregon State 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 All-American in 1979.cite web|url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf4/79997.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968|title=Oregon State Football All-Americans|pages=p. 189|work=2007 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide|publisher=OSUBeavers.com]

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 still holds the record for most passes caught in a half with 9, and is tied for most touchdowns in a half with 3.cite web|url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf2/79998.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968|title=Individual Offensive Records|pages=p. 35|work=2007 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide|publisher=OSUBeavers.com] He was inducted into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=779971&SPID=1968&SPSID=71734|title=Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=OSUBeavers.com|accessdate=2008-04-23]

Following his college career, Coury played one season with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.

Coaching career

Following his playing days, Coury began coaching football. He coached high school football at Crespi Carmelite High School in city|Encino|California, coached wide receivers for the Portland Breakers of the USFL from 1983 to 1985 (where his father was head coach),cite web|url=http://www.usfl.info/breakers/frontoffice.html|title=Boston/New Orleans/Portland Breakers|publisher=USFL.info|accessdate=2008-04-23] and was an assistant football coach at the University of Pittsburgh for three years.cite news|title=Steve Coury back in Lake Oswego but not football|date=1989-04-23|work=The Oregonian|last=Cluff|first=Carl] In 1992, he was named head football coach at Lake Oswego High School.cite news|title=Ashland set for another run at 4A championshop|date=1992-08-27|work=The Oregonian|last=Nolen|first=John] Since 2001, he has led the school to seven straight Oregon state quarterfinals, including four semifinals and two finals.cite news|title=Prep football playoff previews|date=2007-11-23|work=The Oregonian]

Outside of football

In addition to his head coaching duties, Coury is vice president of SporTech, the West Coast distributor for FieldTurf artificial turf playing surfaces.cite news|title=Turf has tales to tell|date=2008-04-23|accessdate=2008-04-23|last=Ulmer|first=Jerry|work=The Oregonian|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/prepsports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/120891931017701.xml&coll=7] cite news|title=Buddy system|last=Eggers|first=Kerry|work=Portland Tribune|date=2002-11-29|accessdate=2008-04-23| url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=15215] He and his wife Nancy have three children and live in Lake Oswego.

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