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Jay Valai
American football coach and player

Jay Valai

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Jay Valai is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the co-defensive coordinator for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team.

Playing career

Valai was a four-year letter winner at Wisconsin as a defensive back where he served as a captain in 2010. He earned second team All-Big Ten (coaches) honors in 2008 and 2009. He totaled 153 tackles, four forced fumbles and a pair of interceptions in 48 career games.

Coaching career

Early Coaching Career

Jay began his coaching career at Georgia as a defensive quality control coach, where he served in that position in 2016 and 2017. In 2018 he went to the NFL and coached under Andy Reid with the Chiefs as a defensive quality control coach. In 2019 he returned to the college ranks as the cornerbacks coach for Rutgers. In 2020 he went to his home state of Texas becoming the Longhorns cornerbacks coach.

Alabama

After Texas fired Tom Herman, Valai left the program and on January 20, 2021, he was announced asHouston's cornerbacks coach. However he would change his mind and on February 1 the Philadelphia Eagles announced that they hired Valai as cornerbacks coach for the inaugural staff forNick Sirianni. However twelve days later Alabama announced that theyhired Valai as the team's cornerbacks coach.

Oklahoma

On January 11, 2022, Valai would move schools once again and become the co-defensive coordinator for Oklahoma.

Personal life

Valai and his wife Courtney have two daughters and a son.

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