CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Mourners Thursday commemorated the coach who put himself in the line of fire and died taking bullets for his students during last week’s shooting massacre as a “larger-than-life” hero who “was all about the kids.”

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School assistant football coach and security guard Aaron Feis, 37, jumped between a female student and accused gunman Nikolas Cruz, pushing her through a door and out of harm’s way while himself taking a bullet in the Feb. 14 bloodbath, which left 17 dead.

He left behind a wife and two young daughters.

“This world lost an incredible, incredible man,” Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said during a eulogy at the Church By the Glades. “Before you heard the news reports you knew he died putting himself in harm’s way helping students. That’s who he was.”

More than 1,000 mourners stood as a dozen members of the Stoneman Douglas football team and local firefighters carried Feis’ casket into the house of worship, where 17 candles — one for every life lost in the tragedy — illuminated a massive photo of the hero.

“The gates of heaven had to open a little bigger. He was such a larger-than-life man,” Pastor George Callahan said.

Feis’ last-known words — “No, that is not firecrackers” — came over a school radio as he rushed to aid students after the gunfire erupted.

“When we heard a teacher was shot defending others we knew it was him,” said former student and family friend Brandon Corona. “That’s what he would do. We love you coach.”

Feis graduated from the South Florida school in 1999. He dreamed of joining law enforcement but stayed at his alma mater instead, according to Israel, who coached alongside Feis.

“He talked about going to the sheriff’s office or the Coral Springs PD, but I told him: ‘Feis, you aren’t going anywhere — you are always going to be an Eagle,’” recalled Israel, referring to the school’s mascot.

Callahan, who called the funeral a “coronation,” lauded the survivors who are seeking stricter gun control.

“Yes, there is more mourning to be done and legislation to be passed, and thank God for those children who are willing to stand and make a difference,” he said.

A bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” wafted through the church as Feis’ casket was carried out.