Steve Verbit

Biography

QUICK FACTS ON STEVE VERBIT • coordinated defense on 2018 Ivy title team that went 10-0 and limited 8 of 10 teams to 14 points or less • coached NFL Draft selections Mike Catapano '13 and Caraun Reid '14 • coached the Ivy Defensive Player of the Year or finalist in five of last 10 seasons. • on coaching staff for eight of Princeton's 13 Ivy League championship teams • longest-tenured coach on staff, will enter his 40th season in 2025 • moved from defensive coordinator to associate head coach in 2010; resumed coordinator duties in 2017 • played, coached at Delaware; on staff when Delaware won 1979 national title • father of Matt Verbit '05, one of Princeton's all-time passing leaders PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — California, Delaware, Hawaii, Nevada Steve Verbit will enter his 40th season of coaching at Princeton in 2025. Verbit coached four All-Ivy selections in 2024 in Marco Scarano, Nasir Hill, Jack DelGarbino and Chase Christopher. Scarano was one of the most disruptive defensive players in the league; he ranked third in tackles (8.4 per game) and second in tackles for loss (1.1) in Ivy League games. The Tigers’ defense remained one of the best in the FCS in 2023, finishing in the top 20 in rushing defense (third, 93.8 yards), scoring defense (sixth, 17.5 points per game), team passing efficiency defense (sixth, 111.45), fewest first downs allowed (seventh, 174), red zone defense (eighth, 70.8 percent), total defense (eighth, 302.1) and fumbles recovered (17th, 10). Princet