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Phone: 712-274-5283
E-Mail: ryan@morningside.edu
 Steve Ryan has a 76-28 career record for a .731 winning percentage in nine seasons with the Mustangs to make him one of the most successful head football coaches in Morningside history. Ryan, who has led the Mustangs to seven consecutive NAIA National Championship Series appearances, ranks second in school history in career victories and his .731 winning percentage is the highest victory rate in school history.
Ryan has directed Morningside to a 68-16 record for an .810 winning percentage over the past seven campaigns to make the Mustangs one of the most successful programs in the NAIA.
Ryan was named the 2005 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Region 4 Coach of the Year and the 2005 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Coach of the Year after he guided Morningside to its greatest football season in school history during the 2005 campaign.
The Mustangs posted a 12-1 record and were ranked third nationally in the final 2005 regular season NAIA poll. Morningside, the GPAC champion with a perfect 10-0 record, advanced to the semifinals of the NAIA National Playoffs before it lost 42-14 against second-ranked University of Saint Francis. The Mustangs toppled No. 14 St. Ambrose University 58-7 and No. 10 Evangel University 54-21 in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
He led the Mustangs to records of 9-3 and the quarterfinals of the NAIA Playoffs in both the 2006 and 2007 campaigns and his 2008, 2009, and 2010 teams returned to the quarterfinals and finished with records of 10-2 for the second highest victory totals in Morningside history.
Ryan was named the GPAC Coach of the Year in 2004 as well as the 2004 NAIA Football.net National Coach of the Year after he guided the Mustangs to an 8-3 record and their first-ever appearance in the NAIA National Playoffs. The Mustangs reached the second round of the 2006 NAIA Playoffs en route to a 9-3 finish.
Ryan guided Morningside to a 5-5 record in 2002 in his first season with the Mustangs to snap a streak of 15 consecutive losing seasons. The five wins were the college's most victories since the 1985 campaign. Included
among the victories was a stunning 24-21 double overtime upset
of Wayne State College in the season's opener. Ryan also led
the Mustangs to a 28-25 upset win against 2002 GPAC runner-up
Doane College, a loss that helped knock the Tigers out of
the NAIA National Playoffs.
He was previously an assistant coach at Ottawa University. Ottawa posted a 32-9 record for
an .821 winning percentage and twice qualified for the NAIA
National Playoffs during Ryan's tenure there.
Ryan is a 1989 graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, where he was a four-year letterwinner and a three-year starter as a linebacker.
Ryan received his master’s degree from National-Louis University in 1997.
Offensive Coordinator Keenan Ganz
Phone: 712-274-5311
E-Mail: ganz@morningside.edu
 Keenan Ganz, promoted to offensive coordiantor following the 2010 season, will be in his fourth season with the Mustangs in 2011. He was the team’s wide receivers coach during the 2010 campaign.
Ganz was an assistant coach at Avila University in Kansas City for the past two seasons, where he served as the Eagles’ wide receivers coach and passing coordinator. Avila had a pass completion rate of 59.4 percent and averaged 213.9 yards passing per game during the 2007 campaign.
He served on the coaching staff at the 2006 and 2007 Tim Dwight Camps.
Ganz is a 2005 graduate of Baker University, where he earned All-Heart of America Conference honors as a wide receiver and was a three-year captain for the Wildcats’ football team. He caught 35 passes for 582 yards and five touchdowns and led Baker’s receivers with an average of 16.6 yards per catch as a senior.
Co-Defensive Coordinator Casey Jacobsen
Phone: 712-274-5328
E-Mail: jacobsen@morningside.edu
 Casey
Jacobsen, named the Mustangs' co-defensive coordinator following the 2010 campaign, is the dean among the Mustangs' assistant coaches with seven years of service. He was the
team's special teams and linebackers coach during the 2010 season and also served as the athletic department's equipment manager.
Jacobsen previously
coached at Buena Vista University, where he was the Beavers'
defensive line coach during the 2003 season and an assistant
offensive line coach during the 2002 campaign.
He is a 2002 graduate of Buena Vista,
where he was a four-year letterwinner and a three-year starter
as an offensive center.
Co-Defensive Coordinaor Nathan Turner
Phone: 712-274-5359
turnern@morningside.edu
 Nathan Turner, named the Mustangs' co-defensive coordinator following the 2010 season, will enter his fifth campaign with the Mustangs in 2011. Turner is the Mustangs' outside linebackers coach and strength & conditioning coach.
He was previously the running backs coach and video coordinator at Eastern Oregon University.
Turner graduated from Eastern Oregon in 2004. He was one of the Mountaineers' team captains in 2003. That season he was the recipient of Eastern Oregon's Iron Man Strength and Big Team Little Me awards.
Assistant Coach Andy Poulosky
Phone: 712-274-5281
pouloskya@morningside.edu
 Andy Poulosky is in his second season with the Mustangs and will coach the team’s defensive linemen. Poulosky is also the equipment manager for all of the Mustangs' athletic teams.
He was an assistant coach at Sioux City West High School during the 2009 season.
Poulosky is a 2008 graduate of the University of Nebraska, where he was a defensive end and played on special teams for the Huskers from 2004-07. He saw action in 11 of the Huskers’ 12 games during his senior season. He had a season’s high four tackles in a start against Oklahoma State and had a quarterback sack against Texas.
After Nebraska, Poulosky played for the Tri-Cities Fever of the Arena Football Development League (AF2) and the Sioux City Bandits of the Indoor Football League. Poulosky led the Bandits with 3.5 quarterback sacks and had eight tackles for losses during the 2008 campaign.
Assistant Coach Brandon Clayton
claytonb@morningside.edu
 Brandon Clayton is in his first season on the Mustangs’ coaching staff and is responsible for the team’s defensive backs and special teams.
Clayton was previously a graduate assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State University, where he served as the team’s defensive backs coach.
Clayton is a 2008 graduate of Northwest Missouri State, where he was a four-year starter at cornerback and helped lead the Bearcats to four national runner-up finishes in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. He earned All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) recognition three times during his career, including second-team honors as a sophomore and senior. Clayton also earned third-team all-region honors as a senior. Clayton amassed 118 tackles, 22 pass breakups, and four interceptions during his career. He topped the Bearcats with 10 pass breakups as a sophomore and was the team’s co-leader with two interceptions as a junior.
Assistant Coach Josiah Fenceroy
fenceroyj@morningside.edu
 Josiah Fenceroy enters his first season with the Mustangs and will serve as the tight ends coach.
He was an assistant coach at Sioux City East High School in 2009 and was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 2008.
Fenceroy is a 2008 graduate of the University of Sioux Falls, where he was a four-year starter at tight end. During his career he helped lead the Cougars to a 49-4 record, three GPAC Championships, a NAIA National Championship in 2006, and a NAIA runner-up finish in 2007. He was two-time NAIA All-American and a three-time All-GPAC performer. Fenceroy finished his career in third place in the Sioux Falls record book with 1,901 receiving yards and in fourth place with 131 career receptions. He spent the 2008 NFL Rookie Mini-Camp with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.
Assistant Coach Lucas Lueders
luedersl@morningside.edu
 Lucas Lueders is in his first season with the Mustangs and will coach the team’s wide receivers.
Lueders comes to Morningside from St. Ambrose University, where he was a graduate assistant coach for the past two years. He worked with the team’s wide receivers, tight ends, and defensive linemen and served as a strength and conditioning coach. He was previously the outside linebackers coach at Sterling College during the 2008 season.
Lueders, a 2008 graduate of Sterling, holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from St. Ambrose.
He was a four-year letterwinner at Sterling and served as team captain as a senior when he helped lead Sterling to an 8-2 record for its best mark in school history. Lueders had a career-high 31 tackles as a senior with nine solos and 22 assists to go along with one pass breakup.
Assistant Coach Collin Prosser
prosserc@morningside.edu
 Collin Prosser joins the Mustangs for the 2011 season and will serve as the team’s running backs coach.
Prosser comes to Morningside from the University of South Dakota, where he was the Coyotes’ tight ends coach for the past two seasons.
Prosser is a 2009 graduate of Wayne State College and holds a master’s degree in health, physical education, and recreation from South Dakota.
He was a four-year letterwinner at Wayne State and was a 2008 team captain. Prosser earned second-team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) honors as an offensive lineman as a senior and was a three-time NSIC All-Academic selection.
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