Steve Carrera was named the head coach for Men's and Women's Swim and Dive in Spring of 2020 along with the assignment of Head Coach of the new Women's Water Polo program at College of Marin. Due to Covid-19, the Spring 2020 swim and dive season was cut short and the CCCAA allowed an abreviated Spring 2021 season.  In Fall of 2021, Steve lead College of Marin's first women's water polo team to a third place finish in the Coast Conference North. 

Prior to College of Marin, Coach Carrera was named CIF Division I Coach of the Year after leading the Orange Lutheran Girls Water Polo team to a CIF Division I Championship (recap video).  He was also named 2016 Orange County Register's Coach of the Year for girls water polo.  In the fall of 2016, Carrera led the Orange Lutheran Boys Water Polo team to a CIF Division I Championship over rival Huntington Beach (recap video).

In 2016 USA Water Polo honored Steve Carrera with two national awards.  Steve was awarded with the Doc Hunkler Award which honors a women's coach whose performance exemplifies leadership, excellence and sportsmanship.  He was also awarded the Bill Barnett Award which recognizes an outstanding men's coach in the zone.  

In 2015, Steve Carrera was the recipient of the National Double Goal Coaching award by the Positive Coaching Alliance and was also named Orange County Register's Coach of the Year for boys water polo. 

Prior to his time at Orange Lutheran, Coach Carrera was the Head Men's and Women's water polo coach at Concordia University.  In 2007, Steve was hired to start the first water polo program in Concordia's history.  His stint at Concordia was very impressive going 109 - 48 on the Men's side and 65 - 58 on the Women's.  The Concordia Men were ranked as high as 8th in 2009 and as high as 6th in the Country in 2011.  Steve coached over 30 Academic All Americans and 11 All- Americans during his time at CUI.  Concordia won the NAIA championship 3 times in a row on the men's side and were runners up 4 times on the women's side.  Steve was interviewed by Water Polo Planet noting the unprecedented success of the Concordia Water Polo team into top National ranks.

Before arriving at Concordia University, Steve served as the head boys and girls coach at Northwood High School (2000-2007). During his tenure at Northwood, the Timberwolves went from brand new program to CIF powerhouse. Under Coach Carrera, the Timberwolves never had a losing record, won a pair of league titles (2003, 2006), qualified for CIF 6 years in a row, reached the Division I Final (06) and won the 2006 CIF Masters Southern Section Championship (06). Steve coached All League, All County, All American and All CIF water polo players on both the boys and girls side and in 2006 Steve Carrera was named "Coach of the Year" from the Orange County Register. 

Steve graduated from Irvine High School in 1995 where he received first team all-Sea View League honors and second team all-CIF honors as a senior. He was also named to the South Orange County All-Star Team. He then went to Saddleback College where he played with his brother, Ed Carrera. After Saddleback, Steve transferred to Queens College in NYC, where he received a full athletic scholarship to play water polo and swim. He was on the inaugural Premier League Division I Northeast team.  

Steve earned his Masters degree in Education in 2011 and a Masters in Physical Education in 2014.  He is a full time Kinesiology faculty member at College of Marin.  He is also the producer and host of a water polo podcast called "Off the Deck" where he talks to other coaches about their experiences in the water polo world.  He lives with his wife and two sons in Marin County.