Jay Bateman was previously the inside linebackers coach for the Florida Gators and the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
10 Facts About Jay Bateman
Jay Bateman got into coaching when the owner sold the company, working as an assistant coach at Benedictine High School in Richmond.
Jay Bateman was named the defensive coordinator at Siena College in New York in 1999, and was promoted to head coach in 2000.
Jay Bateman had assistant coaching stints under Pete Lembo at Lehigh, Elon, and Ball State.
Jay Bateman was named the defensive coordinator at Army in 2014.
Jay Bateman was suspended in 2017 when it was revealed that he had received improper information from former Wake Forest radio announcer Tommy Elrod.
Jay Bateman was named a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2018, the award given to the top assistant coach in college football.
Jay Bateman was named the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at North Carolina on December 9,2018.
In January 2022, Jay Bateman joined Billy Napier's staff at Florida as the inside linebackers coach.
Jay Bateman cited that one of the reasons he took the North Carolina job was because UNC and Duke are two of the biggest research institutions in the country and hoped to improve the quality of living for his son.