Steve Fairchild
Former Colorado State Football Team Head Coach, Fairchild QB Training Owner
United States
Former Colorado State Football Team Head Coach, Fairchild QB Training Owner
United States
Steve Fairchild is a true football thoroughbred and boasts 35 years of coaching experience at both the NFL and collegiate levels, including 19 seasons as an offensive coordinator. Prior to UV Fairchild was the senior offensive assistant for the San Diego Chargers after a four-year stint as the head coach at Colorado State, which included the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history and a victory in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl.
During his time in the NFL, Steve has worked with and helped developed players such as Kurt Warner (Rams), Marshall Faulk (Rams), Marc Bulger (Rams), Josh Allen (Bills), Philip Rivers (Chargers), Kyle Sloter (Vikings).
At Colorado State, Fairchild also was the offensive coordinator (1997-2000) and quarterbacks coach (1993-96) during the Rams’ football rise. From 1993-2000 Colorado State won the Western Athletic Conference three times and the Mountain West Conference twice and was nationally ranked at various times during that span. During Fairchild’s four seasons as the offensive coordinator, three Colorado State players were honored as the league’s offensive player of the year and the Rams won three bowl games. In 1997, quarterback Moses Moreno was the WAC offensive player of the year and helped Colorado State finish No. 1 in the league in total and scoring offense.
Fairchild has worked with many dynamic players in college football and the NFL. He was a part of San Diego State’s high-octane offenses that were highlighted by running back Marshall Faulk and quarterback Dan McGwire. During Fairchild’s three seasons at San Diego State from 1990-92, the Aztecs enjoyed three straight top-10 finishes in NCAA scoring and total offense categories. Fairchild also owns a stop at New Mexico as the offensive coordinator from 1987-89 where the Lobos ranked No. 8 in NCAA pass offense and No. 29 in total offense in 1989. Under Fairchild’s guidance Terance Mathis became the first player to have more than 250 receptions, 4,000 receiving yards and 6,000 yards of total offense.
Fairchild spent eight seasons in the NFL. He worked as the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills in 2006 and 2007, as quarterback J.P. Losman posted the 11th-best QB rating in the NFL in 2006 and passed for 3,051 yards. Prior to his stint with the Bills, Fairchild was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams from 2003-05. Teaming up again with Faulk, Fairchild and the Rams enjoyed three straight top-10 finishes in total offense, including the NFL’s second-ranked scoring offense in 2003. Quarterback Marc Bulger was the 2003 Pro Bowl MVP. Fairchild’s first NFL stint came in Buffalo in 2001 and 2002 where he was the running backs coach and boasted two Pro Bowl running backs, Larry Centers and Travis Henry. Centers is the NFL career reception and yardage holder for running backs.
Fairchild began his coaching career in 1982 as the offensive coordinator at San Diego Mesa Community College. After two seasons he moved to Ferris State as the offensive coordinator from 1984-85.
Fairchild is a 1981 graduate of Colorado State, where he spent three seasons as a quarterback and earned All-WAC second-team honors behind BYU’s Jim McMahon. Fairchild also excelled in the classroom at Colorado State, earning first-team academic all-conference honors, the Merill Gheen Award for athletic and academic achievement and the NCAA District Athletic Achievement Award. He earned a bachelor of arts in economics from Colorado State and later a master of education from Azusa Pacific in 1983.
Fairchild is now the owner of Fairchild Quarterback Training Camp in Denver, Colorado.