AJ Steward

AJ Steward is in his first year as Baylor's assistant head coach and running backs coach. He was announced on Jan. 17, 2023. Steward joins the Bears’ coaching staff after spending the last two seasons at Oregon State in the same role. He has also had previous stops at Arizona (2020), BYU (2018-19) and Rice (2014-17). A former Kansas tight end, Steward opened his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Rice in 2012-13 before taking on the running backs coaching role for the Owls. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Steward spent the last two seasons coaching the tailbacks at Oregon State. Steward coached at Rice from 2012-17, serving as the graduate assistant from 2012-13 before taking over as the full-time running backs coach for the 2014 season.