Michael Troy Jinks was born on February 7,1972 and is an American football coach who last served as the running backs coach for Houston.
15 Facts About Mike Jinks
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Mike Jinks served as the head football coach at Bowling Green State University from 2016 until midway through the 2018 season, before becoming the running backs coach at the University of Southern California.
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Mike Jinks played quarterback for three years at Judson High School in Converse, Texas before graduating in 1990.
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Mike Jinks was their starting quarterback for two years, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Mathematics.
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Mike Jinks' coaching career began in 1995 when he was working as a waiter in a restaurant in San Angelo, Texas.
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Mike Jinks was serving a table full of coaches from Ellison High School and was offered a job as the quarterbacks coach there.
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Short on funds, Mike Jinks received a loan from his former coach at Angelo State, Jerry Vandergriff, to earn his teacher certification and move to Killeen, Texas.
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Mike Jinks became the quarterbacks coach at his former alma mater Judson High School in 1998.
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Mike Jinks accepted his first head coaching position at Burbank High School in San Antonio, Texas in 2005.
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In 2005, Mike Jinks became the head coach for Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas eight months before the school was initially opened.
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In 2011, Mike Jinks' team made it to the finals of the Class 5A Division II state championship before losing to a Spring Dekaney HS squad coached by Danny Amendola's father, Willie Amendola.
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On January 9,2013, it was announced that Mike Jinks accepted the position of running backs coach for Texas Tech under head coach Kliff Kingsbury.
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In January 2015, Mike Jinks was promoted to associate head coach in addition to his running back coaching duties with the announcement of the hiring of new defensive coordinator David Gibbs.
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Mike Jinks was named head coach at Bowling Green on December 8,2015.
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On October 14,2018, Mike Jinks was fired after two and a half seasons at Bowling Green.