Steve Axman


Steve Axman is an American football coach. Axman served as the head football coach at Northern Arizona University from 1990 to 1997 and interim head coach at Nicholls State University in 2014.

Football coaching career

High School career

Axman was head coach at MacArthur High School in Levittown, New York in 1973.

College career

Axman began coaching in college in 1974 as a defensive line coach at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. In 1975, he was the offensive line coach at the University at Albany, SUNY. From 1976 to 1978, Axman was an assistant coach for the Army Black Knights football team at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. In 1979, Axman moved to the University of Illinois as an assistant coach for the Fighting Illini.
In 1980, Axman was hired for his first coordinator position as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arizona, a position he held through the 1984 season. In 1986, Axman moved to Stanford University as the offensive line coach after spending a year in the USFL. In 1987, he took a position with another Pac-10 Conference school, the University of California, Los Angeles as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and then offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 1988. For the 1989 season, Axman was quarterbacks coach at the University of Maryland.
In 1990, Axman became head coach at Northern Arizona University. During his eight seasons as head coach through 1997, he compiled an overall record of 48 wins and 41 losses and 28 wins and 32 losses in the Big Sky Conference. In 1998, he moved to the University of Minnesota and became their quarterbacks coach. Starting in 1999, Axman was quarterbacks coach at the University of Washington through 2000. From 2001 to 2002, he remained quarterbacks coach at Washington, but added the title of assistant head coach. In 2003, Axman returned to the University of California, Los Angeles as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before returning to the University of Washington the following season as wide receivers coach in 2004.
Axman didn't coach during the 2005 season, but moved to the University of Montana as quarterbacks coach in 2006. In 2007, he was offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of Idaho until 2009. In 2013, Axman returned to coaching as the quarterbacks coach at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. In mid-September 2014, Axman was residing in Arizona and was contacted and hired by Nicholls State University as interim head coach and quarterbacks coach for the remainder of the 2014 season after head coach Charlie Stubbs resigned after three games due to health issues. At Nicholls State, Axman compiled a record of 0 wins and 9 losses.

Professional career

In 1985, Axman was offensive line coach for the Denver Gold in the United States Football League. In 2018, Axman returned to professional football as offensive coordinator of the Arizona Rattlers in the Indoor Football League. In 2019, he joined the Arizona Hotshots as quarterbacks coach in the Alliance of American Football.

Lacrosse coaching career

College career

In 1976, Axman was head coach of the University at Albany, SUNY men's lacrosse team. In his one season as head coach, he compiled a record of 6 wins and 5 losses.

Football head coaching record