Jay Minton, one of the most successful high school coaches in Ohio, joined the Flyer football staff as a part-time assistant coach in July, 2019. He will coach the UD tight ends.
Minton won 240 games in 30 years as a head coach. The last 21 were at Wayne High School in the Dayton suburb of Huber Heights. His Wayne teams reached the Ohio state playoffs 15 times, won 10 conference championships and finished as Ohio Division I state runner-up four times.
More than 300 of his student-athletes went on to play college football, more than 100 in Division I and 13 played in the NFL. The Dayton Agonis Club named him the winner of its Mike Kelly/Don Donoher Coach of the Year Award in 2016.
Minton is a 1986 graduate of Florida Atlantic University, and has a Master’s from Xavier. He and his wife Susie live in Dayton. He teaches in Huber Heights City Schools.
