Steve Walsh ( American football ) Stephen John " Steve " Walsh ( born December 1 , 1966 , St . Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League . Personal life . Walsh has four children Haille , Jordan , Cameron and Brayden . currently lives in West Palm Beach . Walsh is also the uncle of fellow Cretin - Derham Hall High School alumnus and National Hockey League defenseman Ryan McDonagh who currently plays for the New York Rangers . College career . After graduating from Cretin - Derham Hall in Saint Paul , Minnesota , Walsh attended and played college football at the University of Miami . After red - shirting a season and backing up Vinny Testaverde in his second , Walsh posted a record of 23 - 1 in his two seasons as the team ' s starting quarterback , losing only to Notre Dame , and led the Hurricanes to the 1987 national championship as a sophomore . The following season , Walsh finished 4th in the Heisman Trophy balloting . A pro - sized passer , he held the school record for career touchdown passes from 1988 - 2002 before being surpassed by Ken Dorsey . Skipping his final year of eligibility , Walsh left Miami in April 1989 and declared himself eligible for that year ' s NFL supplemental draft . Statistics . Walsh was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary " The U " , which premiered December 12 , 2009 on ESPN . Professional career . Selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the first overall pick in the 1989 NFL Supplemental Draft , Walsh was reunited with Jimmy Johnson who had been Walsh ' s head coach in Miami and had just taken over the Cowboys ' reins . However , Dallas had also selected UCLA quarterback , and future NFL Hall of Fame enshrinee , Troy Aikman first overall in the regular 1989 NFL draft . Despite starting five games ( and picking up Dallas ' only win of the season , a 13 - 3 victory over the rival Washington Redskins ) and playing in three other games , Walsh was never able to move out of Aikman ' s shadow . Four games into the 1990 season , Dallas traded Walsh to the New Orleans Saints for a first , third and second round draft choices . With the third pick the Cowboys would eventually select Erik Williams . Walsh would lead the Saints that season to their second ever playoff appearance finishing the season at 8 - 8 and ironically knocking the Cowboys out of the final playoff spot . He went on to have an 11 - year NFL career , playing not only for the Cowboys and Saints , but also the Chicago Bears , St . Louis Rams , Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and Indianapolis Colts . After leading the Bears to a playoff victory and finishing the season with a 9 - 4 starting record , he went on was to start just 4 more games over his next 5 years . He served as a backup to Trent Dilfer in Tampa Bay and Peyton Manning at Indianapolis . Walsh retired after the 1999 season with the Colts and finished his career with 713 completions in 1317 attempts ( 54 . 1 % ) , 7 , 875 yards , 40 touchdowns , and 50 interceptions , for a passer rating of 66 . 4 . Coaching career . In December 2008 , he accepted the head football coaching job at Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach , Florida . After a 4 - 6 record in his first season , Cardinal Newman finished 7 - 4 in 2010 and earned its first playoff appearance since 2005 . Walsh coached the team to a 11 - 1 - 1 record in 2011 , before losing in the opening round of the 3A playoffs .