Steve Carson enters his second season at Independence College and first season as Head Football Coach. Coach Carson spent six years in NFL-Europe serving as Def. Coordinator at Frankfurt Galaxy and Berlin Thunder as Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Backs coach with Rhein Fire. Carson also served as advance scout for Tampa Bay Bucs as well as Secondary coach in the XFL with Galen Hall and the Orlando Rage. Coach Carson has coached over 20 plus players who have played in the National Football Leageue.

Carson also served as Defensive Coordinator from 2003-2005 at Liberty University and 2006 season at UNC Pembroke.

Coach Carson began his extensive coaching career at Wisconsin Eau Claire, serving as Defensive Coordinator from 1980-84. Other stops as Defensive Coordinator were at Montana State, East Tenn. State and Humboldt State as well as Secondary coach at University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University. Coach Carson has also spent six years coaching in High School.

Throughout his coaching career, Carson has helped his teams win seven conference and division championships, college bowl game, 3 world bowl appearances, one world bowl championship, one super bowl championship, and one 1AA National championship.

Carson was letterman in football and baseball at Drake University and was Co-Captain of Baseball and helped lead the Bulldogs to a Missouri Valley Conference Championship in football.