Steve Wilks Net Worth in 2024: Bio, Income, Family & Relationship

Former 49ers Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks has a net worth of between $3 million to $5 million in 2024. 

If you are wondering about Steve Wilks’ NFL salary, annual income, and NFL coaching career. Then, this blog will cover Steve Wilks’ net worth in 2024, career, bio, and family. 

Steve Wilks is a football defensive coach and a former football player in the NFL. He served as a former football defensive coordinator for the San Fransico 49ers in the 2023 Super Bowl season.  

So let’s dive into Steve Wilks’ net worth and know about his earnings from his football coaching career. 

Steve Wilks Net Worth in 2024

Steve Wilks has an estimated net worth between $3 million and $5 million in 2024. Wilks accumulated impressive net worth with his 3 decades-long football coaching career. During his coaching career, Wilks coached more than a half-dozen college football teams. Steve Wilks has an 18-year successful NFL coaching career.

Steve Wilks Coaching Income  

Steve Wilks is one of the highest-paid NFL coaches earning a salary in 7 figures. In 2021 Steve Wilks signed a contract with MU and became their defensive assistant coach. 

According to the contract, the former Arizona HC Steve Wilk had earned a base salary for 2021 of $800,000, plus a $200,000 retention bonus for his first season. In the second year, Wilks’ salary increased to $1 million Which means Steve Wilks’ total guaranteed money was $2.4 million. He’ll also be eligible for standard bonuses for MU assistant coaches.

There are no other details revealed by the 49ers about the long-time NFL defensive coordinator but it is speculated between $ 800k to $1 million annually with a bonus.  

Steve Wilks House and Property 

Steve Wilks owned a $2.5 million Chandler house during his time with the Arizona Cardinals. According to Realtor.com, the Chandler home was built on a half-acre lot in a gated community, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 5,800-square-foot home is loaded with luxurious amenities. There’s a wine room, designer lighting, custom millwork throughout, marble in the main bathroom with steam shower, game room, and dual master suite closets.

Later he sold the properties after he got canned from the Cardinals for $2.65 million.   

Currently Steve Wilk lives in a 95-year-old Tudor home in a Cleveland suburb with his family. 

Steve Wilks Brands Endorsements

There is no information available about Steve Wilks brand endorsement deals.

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Steve Wilks as a Football Player 

Steve Wilks is a former football player who played as a quarterback at the college level. Wilks joined Appalachian State University where he played four years of college football from 1987 to 1991. 

Steve Wilks wore jersey no. 9 during his college football career. Wilks caught 4 passes for 29 yards and 0 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also played in one year (1993) in the Arena Football League for the Charlotte Rage as a wide receiver, defensive back, and kick returner.

Steve Wilks Coaching Career

Steve Wilks started his coaching career at the Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1995. But his first coaching stint as a head coach was for the Savannah State Tiger Football Team in 1999. 

Other than Savannah, Steve Wilks has served many collegiate football teams as a defensive coordinator including Illinois State, Appalachian State, East Tennessee State, Bowling Green, Notre Dame, and Washington. 

Wilks coached a college-level football team from 1995 to 2005 until he got a call from the National Football League. 

Steve Wilks NFL Coaching Career 

Steve Wilks’s first NFL job wasn’t landed until 2006 with the Chicago Bears Football Team.  

Steve Wilks first joined the Chicago Bears in February 2006 as defensive backs coach. After a 2-year stint with the Bears, Steve was fired by the franchise. Later he was hired by the San Diego Chargers in 2009 as a defensive coordinator.

When Former Chargers HC Ron Rivera was hired by the Carolina Panthers, he hired Wilks. Rivera promoted Wilks to assistant head coach in 2015. Since then Steve Wilks never look back. Wilks and the Panthers finished 15–1 and reached Super Bowl 50 in the 2015 NFL season. 

Steve Wilks’ biggest NFL stint was in 2023 when the San Francisco 49ers hired Wilks as their defensive coordinator. However, the 49ers fired Steve following their loss in Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024.   

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Steve Wilks Bio and Personal Information 

Steve Wilks was born on the 8 August 1969 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Former 49ers football coach Steve Wilks is 54 years old. Wilks is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 84 kg. He has black eyes and black/grey hair. Steve Wilks’ zodiac sign is Leo. 

Steve Wilks went to West Charlotte High School in North Carolina. He finished his college education at the Appalachian State University. 

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Steve Wilks Family and Relationships

Charlotte native Steve Wilks is very private about his personal life. Publicly Wilks hasn’t disclosed any details about his parents. Nor there is any information about any of Steve Wilks’ siblings. 

Steve Wilks married to his wife Marcia Wilks and they both shared three children together two daughters named Marissa and Melanni and a son, Steven Jamess.  

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Family Background And Relationships
Parents			N/A
Siblings			N/A
Married Status			Married
Wife			Marcia Wilks
Children			Steven James, Marissa, and Melanni

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