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American football player and coach (born 1966)

Steve Fanara
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	McNeil HS (TX)
Biographical details
Born	(1966-08-30) August 30, 1966 (age 58)
Playing career
c. 1987	Southwest Baptist

Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?	Southwest Baptist (assistant)
?	MidAmerica Nazarene (assistant)
1996–?	Ruskin HS (MO)
?–2000	Warrensburg HS (MO)
2001	De Soto HS (MO)
2002–2003	West Point Prep (NJ) (DC)
2004	Oakville HS (MO)
2005–2007	Howard Payne (DC)
2008–2011	Howard Payne
2012	Brownwood HS (TX) (DB)
2013	Southeastern Oklahoma State (WR)
2014–2015	Early HS (TX) (assistant)
2017–2019	Vandegrift HS (TX) (assistant)
2020-present	McNeil HS (TX) (DC)

Steve Fanara (born August 30, 1966) is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas for four seasons, from 2008 to 2011. Before being named to the post, he was the defensive coordinator at Howard Payne under the previous head coach, Mike Redwine.

Personal life

Fanara earned his bachelor's degree at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, where he played football for two seasons before beginning his coaching career as a student assistant. Fanara also holds a master's degree from MidAmerica Nazarene University.


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (American Southwest Conference) (2008–2011)
2008	Howard Payne	2–8	1–7	8th
2009	Howard Payne	4–6	2–6	T–7th
2010	Howard Payne	2–8	1–7	T–8th
2011	Howard Payne	1–9	1–7	T–8th
Howard Payne:		9–31	5–27
Total:		9–31

v t e Howard Payne Yellow Jackets head football coaches
Claude McClellan (1901–1904) Collins King (1905) No team (1906) Milton Collins (1907–1908) Elmer Simpson (1909) No team (1910) Elmer Simpson (1911) Gwinn Henry (1912–1914) Truman A. Copas (1915–1916) Arnold L. Kirkpatrick (1917–1923) T. B. Amis (1924–1927) Joe Bailey Cheaney (1928–1934) J. McAdoo Keaton (1935–1942) No team (1943–1945) Joe Bailey Cheaney (1946–1947) Felton T. Wright (1948–1950) Carl Anderson (1951–1952) Guy B. Gardner (1953–1955) Bennie B. Williams (1956–1961) Rusty Russell (1962–1963) Joe James (1964–1967) James Cameron (1968–1971) Dean Slayton (1972–1978) Harold Mayo (1979–1981) Bill Hicks (1982–1985) Jerry Millsapps (1986–1987) Bill Anderson (1988–1991) Vance Gibson (1992–2004) Mike Redwine (2005–2007) Steve Fanara (2008–2011) Roger Geise (2012–2015) Hunter Sims (2016) Braxton Harris (2017–2019) Jason Bachtel (2020–2022) Kevin Bachtel (2023– )

Claude McClellan (1901–1904)
Collins King (1905)
No team (1906)
Milton Collins (1907–1908)
Elmer Simpson (1909)
No team (1910)
Elmer Simpson (1911)
Gwinn Henry (1912–1914)
Truman A. Copas (1915–1916)
Arnold L. Kirkpatrick (1917–1923)
T. B. Amis (1924–1927)
Joe Bailey Cheaney (1928–1934)
J. McAdoo Keaton (1935–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Joe Bailey Cheaney (1946–1947)
Felton T. Wright (1948–1950)
Carl Anderson (1951–1952)
Guy B. Gardner (1953–1955)
Bennie B. Williams (1956–1961)
Rusty Russell (1962–1963)
Joe James (1964–1967)
James Cameron (1968–1971)
Dean Slayton (1972–1978)
Harold Mayo (1979–1981)
Bill Hicks (1982–1985)
Jerry Millsapps (1986–1987)
Bill Anderson (1988–1991)
Vance Gibson (1992–2004)
Mike Redwine (2005–2007)
Steve Fanara (2008–2011)
Roger Geise (2012–2015)
Hunter Sims (2016)
Braxton Harris (2017–2019)
Jason Bachtel (2020–2022)
Kevin Bachtel (2023– )

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