Northwestern State University of Louisana

Three seasons into his tenure on the Northwestern State coaching staff, Maurice Stewart will have his third different positional assignment for the 2026 season.

After spending one year each coaching wide receivers (2025) and running backs (2024), Stewart will swap sides of the ball and return to his football roots, coaching cornerbacks.

In his lone season coaching wide receivers, Stewart helped freshman Brendan Webb develop into a big-play threat. Webb averaged 21.7 yards per grab and posted a season-best 126 yards against Lamar, giving him the lone 100-yard receiving game of the season for Northwestern.

Stewart, who came to Natchitoches from Belhaven with head coach Blaine McCorkle, spent the 2024
season as the Demons’ running backs coach.

His return to the wide receiver room brought him back to the final position he coached on McCorkle’s
Belhaven staff.

Stewart spent the 2023 season coaching wide receivers at Belhaven.

In his lone season in that role, Stewart helped mold Jacobey James-Grace into a second-team all-conference selection after James Grace averaged 17.9 yards per catch and tallied five touchdown grabs.

Stewart spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as Belhaven’s defensive graduate assistant, helping 11 players notch All-American Southwest Conference honors in that time frame.

Prior to returning to his alma mater, Stewart spent two seasons at Millsaps College, coaching wide receivers and serving as the Majors’ video coordinator.

A standout defensive back at Belhaven from 2015-18, Stewart tallied114 career tackles (3.5 for loss), 27 pass breakups and eight interceptions in 37 games.