Football
Jaylon Finner
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant, Defense
- Phone:
- 765-285-2512
- Email:
- jfinner@bsu.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Rice '15
- Years at Ball State:
- 1st season at Ball State
Experience:
Ball State, graduate assistant coach – April 2018-present
Rice, graduate assistant coach –2016-18
Episcopal High School (Texas) – 2015-16
Coaching Notes:
Working specifically with the Cardinal linebackers in 2018 … spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Rice where he worked with the safeties in 2016 and outside linebackers in 2017.
Other Notes:
Played defensive back for Rice from 2011 to 2015 … helped the Owls win the 2013 Conference USA championship, marking the team’s first league title in 54 years … played on three consecutive bowl teams (2012, 2013, 2014).
Ball State, graduate assistant coach – April 2018-present
Rice, graduate assistant coach –2016-18
Episcopal High School (Texas) – 2015-16
Coaching Notes:
Working specifically with the Cardinal linebackers in 2018 … spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Rice where he worked with the safeties in 2016 and outside linebackers in 2017.
Other Notes:
Played defensive back for Rice from 2011 to 2015 … helped the Owls win the 2013 Conference USA championship, marking the team’s first league title in 54 years … played on three consecutive bowl teams (2012, 2013, 2014).
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