Steve Gardiner - Football Coach - Michigan State University Athletics

Steve Gardiner

Title:
Defensive Analyst
Email:
football@msu.edu
Phone:
355-1647

Former Spartan linebacker Steve Gardiner is his sixth season on the staff at Michigan State, his third as a full-time defensive analyst. Gardiner provides the defensive coaches with statistical reports, including self-scouting, game film analysis and opponent tendency details. In addition, he handles opponent offensive breakdowns and scouting materials.

Prior to his full-time role as a defensive analyst, Gardiner spent three seasons serving as a graduate assistant. He assisted coaching the defensive line in 2015-16 after helping with the running backs in 2014; he also helped coordinate special teams all three years as a GA.

A four-year letterwinner under head coach Mark Dantonio, Gardiner recorded 43 tackles in 44 career games for the Spartans from 2009-12. He registered a career-high 21 tackles during MSU’s Big Ten Championship season in 2010, including 13 on special teams. Gardiner tallied 17 stops in 13 games of action, including three starts, in 2011 as MSU tied a then-school record with 11 victories and defeated No. 18 Georgia in the Outback Bowl.

Gardiner was a three-year starter for Coach Mark Crabtree at Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio, and set school single-season records for tackles (172) and tackles for loss (24) as a senior while helping Coffman (13-1) advance to the Division I state semifinals. He also became the Shamrocks’ all-time leader in tackles (363) in 2007.