Steve DeMeo enters his second season at Lenoir-Rhyne as the Quarterbacks Coach / Pass Game Coordinator. DeMeo comes to the Bears from LSU where he spent two seasons.
At LSU, DeMeo spent two seasons with the Tigers as a graduate assistant. He had a wide array of responsibilities which consisted of helping the offense with day-to-day operations, game planning and coaching. While there, LSU went 20-7 and beat Purdue in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl 63-7 in 2022. In 2023, LSU topped Wisconsin 35-31 in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Prior to his time at LSU, DeMeo was at the University of Nebraska for four seasons and is served as an assistant quality control coach. In his first season in Lincoln in 2018, DeMeo was a graduate manager that assisted the offense, focusing specifically on the Husker offensive line. That year, the line helped Nebraska rank 25th nationally in total offense. In 2020, DeMeo started working with the tight end group and the Nebraska offense finished second in the Big Ten in rushing offense.
DeMeo went to Lincoln after serving on Scott Frost's staff at UCF for three years from 2015-17 as an undergraduate assistant.
A Florida native, DeMeo earned his bachelor's degree from UCF in 2017. He played QB at Pace in his collegiate days.
