Steve Rybak returns to William Paterson as the new assistant football coach in March 2025.
Rybak, who was on the Pioneers’ staff during the 2016 campaign, brings over 18 years of coaching experience from both the high school and college ranks.
He most recently spent the past two seasons as the running backs coach at Montclair State University. During his first season with the program in 2023, two Red Hawk running backs received all-conference honors.
Prior to his time at Montclair State, he was the run game coordinator and offensive line coach at North Rockland High School in 2022.
Before North Rockland, Rybak was elevated to the head coaching position at Paramus Catholic High School in 2021 after spending one season as the assistant head coach.
In 2016, he joined the WP coaching staff, primarily overseeing the offensive line.
He also made coaching stops at Bergen Catholic High School and Bergen Tech High School.
Rybak’s teams have made seven State Championship appearances, winning two of them.
He played baseball collegiately at Seton Hall University and Fairfield University, and was a four-year starter at Paramus Catholic while earning a total of 10 varsity letters (baseball, basketball, swimming and football) and winning a pair of ACEBL state titles.
