WVU Football Announces Hiring of New RB Coach Jay Boulware

The WVU football program announced the hiring of Jay Boulware of its new running backs coach on Monday. This comes over 10 days after a Dec. 18 report with the news.

“Jay Boulware brings years of successful experience as a highly respected coach and recruiter,” WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez said in statement. “His knowledge of the Big 12 Conference and ability to recruit high-level players and develop running backs make him a great addition to our program. I look forward to having him join our staff here at WVU.”

Welcome to Almost Heaven, @CoachJ_Boulware!

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— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) December 29, 2025

Boulware, a 29-year coaching veteran, comes to West Virginia after serving as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Kentucky for the past three years. He has coached running backs, tight ends and special teams at numerous Power 4 programs, has coached in 17 bowl games, including several BCS and CFP games and won a national championship. Programs that he worked for won seven conference championships, had numerous individuals named all-conference, All-American, national individual finalists and NFL Draft choices.

His resume includes working at Texas (2020-21, 1996-97), Oklahoma (2013-20), Auburn (2009-12), Iowa State (2007-09), Utah (2005-07), Stanford (2004-05) and Arizona (2000-04).

He also spent time assisting with the running backs with the Pittsburgh Steelers and did fellowships with the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers. His first full-time coaching position was at Northern Illinois (1997-2000).

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