Billy Splain | November 29, 2023
A 1977 graduate of the school, Steinmetz began coaching at his alma mater in 1978 and worked in a number of different capacities including freshman coach, JV coach, and defensive backs coach. He served under all three of the previous head coaches and was a significant part of the six Philadelphia Catholic League titles won during those years. Steinmetz was the program’s defensive coordinator for twenty-three years (1984-1992, 2001-2014) before being named head coach in 2015.
Kevin Dougherty ’00, the school’s Executive Vice President as well as a former player and coach for John Steinmetz recalled the coach’s reputation both in the Philadelphia Catholic League and outside circles as being a class act and Lasallian gentleman. “He ended his huddles with ‘Poise, Discipline, La Salle’ and his coaching lessons superseded x’s and o’s and focused on character development.”
