Steve Rubio is in his 11th year with the 49ers and tenth as the club's area scout. He spent the 2012 season as a scouting assistant.
Rubio served as the director of player personnel for the University of Tennessee's football program from 2010-11, after originally joining the team in 2009 as a recruiting intern. In his previous capacity, he oversaw all recruiting board material while handling the initial evaluation of high school and junior college prospects.
The Fort Lauderdale, FL, native graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in sports administration, in 2007. Rubio worked in various roles on the Knights football staff over a span of six years. He spent the last 12 months of his tenure as UCF's director of player personnel, after having spent time as a defensive graduate assistant and as the recruiting and operations graduate assistant. Rubio also served as a volunteer coach at his high school, St. Thomas Aquinas, from 2003-04.
Rubio resides in Newnan, GA, and has one daughter, Grace..