Jay Minton, one of the most successful high school coaches in Ohio football history, joined the Flyer football staff as a part-time assistant coach in July, 2019. Â He will coach the UD tight ends.
Minton won 240 games in 30 years as a head coach. Â The last 21 were at Wayne High School in the Dayton suburb of Huber Heights. Â 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 Wayne Warriors went on to play college football, more than 100 in Division I and 13 played in the NFL. Â The Dayton Agonis Club named him the winner of its Mike Kelly/Don Donoher Coach of the Year Award in 2016.
Minton is a 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.
