Facts: - sport: football - player team: wheaton -lrb- il -rrb- - tournament record: 14 -- 11 -lrb- naia playoffs -rrb- - current record: 120 -- 35 - coach team: ottawa -lrb- ks -rrb- -lrb- assistant -rrb- morningside - current conference: gpac - player years: 1985 -- 1988 - coach years: ? 2002 -- present - current team: morningside - current title: head coach - awards: naia -rrb- 2x afca region 4 -lrb- naia -rrb- coach of football.net the year -lrb- 2005 , 2011 -rrb- 3x gpac coach national of the year -lrb- 2004 -- 2005 , 2011 -rrb- coach of the year -lrb- 2004 - player positions: linebacker - name: steve ryan - overall record: 120 -- 35 - cfbdwid: 6436 - championships: 5 gpac -lrb- 2005 , 2011 -- 2014 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steve ryan -lrb- american football -rrb- .
The answer to this question is:
steve ryan is an american football coach and former player .he is currently the head coach at morningside college in sioux city , iowa , a position he has held since the 2002 football season .prior to morningside , ryan served as an assistant coach at ottawa university in ottawa , kansas .ryan graduated from wheaton college in wheaton , illinois in 1989 with his undergraduate degree , where he was a four-time letter winner and three-year starter for the thunder .he earned a master 's degree in 1997 from national louis university .