Jay Boulware was born on November 26,1972 and is an American football coach, who is the running backs coach and special teams coordinator for Kentucky.
20 Facts About Jay Boulware
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Jay Boulware is married to Chantay Sanders-Boulware, with whom he has one daughter, Jordin.
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The coaching career of Jay Boulware began while he was still a student-athlete at the University of Texas.
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Jay Boulware received his first full-time position coaching tight ends at Northern Illinois University, where after one season he was promoted to co-offensive line coach.
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In 2001, Jay Boulware was lured away as tight ends coach for John Mackovic at Arizona.
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Jay Boulware was put in charge of special teams for the first time in his career and the following season his Wildcats kick returns unit finished ranked 4th in the nation.
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Jay Boulware served as co-special teams coordinator where he oversaw the nation's top ranked punting.
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Jay Boulware left the Utes to join Gene Chizik's staff at Iowa State in 2007, serving as running backs coach and special teams coordinator.
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On January 4,2009, it was announced Jay Boulware would serve as special teams coordinator as well as fill the vacant spot coaching tight ends.
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Jay Boulware was in charge of a punt unit that allowed only four punt return yards on 70 punts in 2012.
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On January 10,2013, new head coach Gary Andersen hired Jay Boulware to join his staff at Wisconsin.
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Jay Boulware resigned after just two months to take the same position at Oklahoma.
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Coach Jay Boulware has experience coaching in 7 bowl games including the 1994 Sun Bowl, 1995 Sugar Bowl, 1996 Fiesta Bowl, 2005 Emerald Bowl, 2006 Armed Forces Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, 2011 BCS National Championship Game, 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl, and the 2014 Sugar Bowl.
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On December 12,2022, Jay Boulware was hired by Kentucky as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator.
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Jay Boulware has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career.
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At NIU, Ryan Diem, a three-year starter for Jay Boulware, was a two-time all-MAC selection and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2001.
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Jay Boulware was joined by another all-MAC player in McAllister Collins.
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Jay Boulware was responsible for recruiting current Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner to Northern Illinois.
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Jay Boulware tutored All-America punter Steven Clark, a 2011 Ray Guy Award finalist.
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Jay Boulware guided Demond Washington to an Auburn single-season record for kickoff return average, as Washington's average of 31.1 yards per return led the SEC and ranked sixth nationally.