Jay Boulware

Running Backs Coach · West Virginia

Headline rating: as position coach · special teams. Every role he has been rated in is below.

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Seasons here1

Programs4

Stints4

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2026West VirginiaRunning Backs Coach

2023–2025KentuckyRunning Backs Coach/Special Teams Coordinator

2020TexasAssociate Head Coach for Special Teams/Tight Ends

2016–2019OklahomaSpecial Teams Coordinator, Running Backs

Rating79Peak95

Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.

Season	Team	Room	Room quality	Development	Recruiting	Season score
2025	Kentucky	Special teams	67	+4.8	0.851	0.50
2025	Kentucky	Running backs	67	-3.0	0.851	-0.16
2024	Kentucky	Running backs	66	—	—	-0.06
2024	Kentucky	Special teams	74	+5.9	—	0.69
2023	Kentucky	Running backs	70	+2.8	0.863	0.24
2023	Kentucky	Special teams	65	+0.8	0.863	0.36
2020	Texas	Tight ends	64	-6.2	0.846	-0.13
2020	Texas	Special teams	69	+3.7	0.846	0.50
2019	Oklahoma	Running backs	79	+3.4	0.869	0.67
2019	Oklahoma	Special teams	77	—	0.869	0.85
2018	Oklahoma	Special teams	62	+3.7	0.861	0.32
2018	Oklahoma	Running backs	83	+1.5	0.861	0.74
2017	Oklahoma	Running backs	83	+22.0	0.954	2.00
2017	Oklahoma	Special teams	62	+14.8	0.954	1.33
2016	Oklahoma	Special teams	53	—	0.891	0.00
2016	Oklahoma	Running backs	76	—	0.891	0.57

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.