Rick Stewart

Rick Stewart is a high school football coach and has turned around three different schools, leading each team to the playoffs within his first two seasons at the helm. Since none of these schools had any scholarship players on their roster, Stewart's system gave his players a chance to be successful versus superior talent. McFarland, a small, agricultural school of 600 students with no weight room, had lost 21 games in a row.. Stewart served as offensive coordinator, and they went 8-2 with a playoff berth. Stewart left McFarland for 3 years and they went 3-26 during his absence. He returned as head coach to make the playoffs in Year 2. (the Disney movie, "McFarland", starring Kevin Costner is the same town and school) Broke 0-27 losing streak at Corcoran, a school with 900 students, winning an undefeated league title in Year 2 Porterville, a large, rural school of 2,000 students, won 40 games in 5 years, including back-to-back section runnerups at a that had won 8 games in the 5 years prior to his arrival. Stewart took his blueprint to Pennsylvania, taking over a team that had not had a winning season in 20 years. Stewart's 4-year record is 38-4, which does not include a 3-3 playoff record. With over 30 years total high school experience, 16 as a head coach, Stewart has been to 2 California Section Finals and 2 Pennsylvania District Finals. In 2011, his 12-0 team lost the CIF championship on a hail mary pass in the rain, however his 2019 Pennsylvania team capped a 12-0 season with the district title and eventually lost in the state semi-finals. Stewart also has extensive experience at the youth level. Upon return to his hometown after his stint in the Marine Corps, Stewart coached middle school and freshman football for 5 years. He served as president of the entire youth football organization. He fundraised and started a middle school tackle football team at McFarland. This included formation of a board and an official 501 (c ) corporation. Five years later, he fundraised and started an entire youth tackle football program consisting of three levels. He served on the board and trained all the youth coaches. He is also the creator of allaccesscoaching.com a dedicated space to help coaches all around the world. Stewart also runs a youtube channel with over 2.5k subscribers.