Steve Staker (May 28, 1943 – April 28, 2020), also known as Papa Stake,[1] was an American football coach.
He served as the head football coach at the Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 2008 to 2015.
[2] He was honored the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award for NCAA Division III in 2009.
[4] Staker died in April 2020 of gallbladder cancer in Lisbon, Iowa, at the age of 76.
[2][5] Coe College registered a plaque for Staker at the Clark Field Stadium.