Steckel featured at AutoZone Liberty Bowl FCA Breakfast

Sep. 21, 2024 – The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), together with the  AutoZone Liberty Bowl, are pleased to announce that former FCA president and  former NFL head coach Les Steckel will be the featured speaker at this year’s FCA  / AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast. The 2024 breakfast benefiting FCA will be held  at the Hilton Memphis Hotel on Saturday, December 28 at 8:30 am. 

Steckel’s stellar coaching career began in 1973 at the University of Colorado. He  later coached at Navy before moving on to the NFL. Steckel coached with several  teams, including San Francisco, Denver, Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Minnesota and  Houston/Tennessee. He was named head coach of the Vikings in 1984, following  longtime head coach Bud Grant. Steckel served as Offensive Coordinator of the  Tennessee Titans, leading them to Super Bowl XXXIV. 

Steckel served as president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 12  years. 

In announcing this year’s guest speaker, Greater Memphis FCA Metro Director  Jeremy Wilbur commented, “We are extremely excited to have Coach Steckel  share his story and personal testimony with our audience and the Memphis  community. He has a powerful story of faith and how his relationship with God  was a part of his coaching career and his life after football.” 

Harold Graeter, Associate Executive Director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl,  stated, “The AutoZone Liberty Bowl is proud of our longstanding association with  the Greater Memphis Fellowship of Christian Athletes and we, too, are excited  that Coach Steckel will be speaking at this year’s FCA/AutoZone Liberty Bowl 

Breakfast. Not only did he have an impressive coaching career, he also served in the  Marines and the Marine Reserves for thirty years. Coach Steckel personifies the  character, high principles and values on which the AutoZone Liberty Bowl was  founded.”