Steve Clarkson

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Steve Clarkson is an American football coach. He is considered one of the premier quarterback coaches.^[1] Clarkson has tutored Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Leinart, J. P. Losman, Gino Torretta and Jimmy Clausen, among others.^[2]^[3]

Clarkson is a 1979 graduate of L. A. Wilson High School, where he led his team to three Los Angeles City Championships with a 39-1 record during three seasons. Clarkson was named to the All-City teams during his Junior and Senior seasons, and was the All-City Player of the Year in 1978 after leading the state in passing yards and total offense. He later was a three-year starter for coach Jack Elway at San José State University, where he holds several passing records and was named to the Academic All-American teams in 1981 and 1982.

After going undrafted in the 1983 NFL Draft, Clarkson played two seasons for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. He then became a manager for a fast food chain, before turning to football coaching. He founded “Air 7”, a quarterback academy, that offers tutoring to high school players. Clarkson has since coached more than 20 Division I-A quarterback starters and, including other positions, Air 7 has produced about 80 I-A starters.^[1]

Steve Clarkson left Air 7 QBU in August of 2007 and joined DeBartolo Sports University along with his partner Garrett Shea (former Director of the Army All-American Bowl on NBC). Together they are building an amateur sports company for Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. Mr. DeBartolo led the San Francisco 49ers to 5 Super Bowl Championships.

DeBartolo Sports University now features the Steve Clarkson QB School and Steve Clarkson QB Academies.