Jared Keyte

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Jared Keyte
Current position
Title Defensive coordinator
Team UMass
Conference MAC
Biographical details
Alma mater Utica College (2012)
Playing career
2008–2011 Utica
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012 Utica (QB)
2013 Springfield (GA)
2014Springfield (co-DC)
2015 Rutgers (DQC)
2016–2017 Maine (OLB)
2018Maine (ST/OLB)
2019–2021Maine (ST/S)
2022Maine (DC/LB)
2023Rutgers (DQC/interim DL)
2024Rutgers (nickels)
2025–present UMass (DC)

Jared Keyte is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a position he has held since 2025. He also coached for Utica, Springfield, Rutgers, and Maine. He played college football for Utica as a quarterback.

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Playing career

Keyte was raised in Holland Patent, New York, and attended Holland Patent High School. He was a multi-sport athlete, competing in football, basketball, and baseball. As a member of the football team, he played quarterback and defensive back and in 2006, his junior year, he led the football team to a 7–2 record and was named as a first-team all-star. [1]

Keyte played amateur baseball for the Northern Community Outlaws in Holland Patent and was a guard for his school's basketball team. [1] [2]

Keyte played quarterback at Utica University. He was a four-year letterwinner at Utica. Throughout his career, he primarily served as a backup. [3] He graduated with a degree in criminal justice in 2012. [4]

Coaching career

Keyte began his coaching career at Utica as a quarterbacks coach in 2012. [5]

In 2013, Keyte joined Springfield College as a graduate assistant, coaching the defensive backs and linebackers. In 2014, he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator in the absence of former defensive coordinator Jack Holik. [4] [6]

In 2015, Keyte earned his first coaching position at the FBS level of college football, working as a defensive quality control coach at Rutgers. [5]

In 2016, Keyte was hired as the outside linebackers coach and video coordinator for Maine. [7] In 2018, he was promoted to special teams coordinator. [5] For the 2022 season, Keyte served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. [8] [6]

In 2023, Keyte returned to Rutgers and served as a defensive quality control and interim defensive line coach. In 2024, Keyte served as a nickels coach for Rutgers. [9] Keyte was part of defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak's staff, where he helped lead Rutgers to two-consecutive bowl games for the first time since 2011 and 2012. [10]

On January 21, 2025, Keyte was announced as defensive coordinator for UMass Minutemen football under new head coach Joe Harasymiak. [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Holland Patent determined to go deeper into playoffs". New York Daily Sentinel . Rome, New York. August 30, 2007. p. 28. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ "Quisnell tosses no-hitter for Outlaws". New York Daily Sentinel . Rome, New York. June 20, 2006. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Cobb, Ryan; Theall, John (September 17, 2011). "Former high school football stars shining on Division III level". New York Daily Sentinel . Rome, New York. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. 1 2 "2022 UMaine Black Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine Digital Commons. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "UM football announces coaching staff changes". Bangor Daily News . Bangor, Maine. March 22, 2018. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. 1 2 "Keyte elevated to Defensive Coordinator role". University of Maine Athletics. March 24, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ Warner, Pete (May 3, 2016). "Coach wants Black Bears to be 'hunters'". Bangor Daily News . Bangor, Maine. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Mahoney, Larry (March 24, 2022). "UMaine football promotes Jared Keyte to defensive coordinator". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  9. ↑ Dyer, Kristian (April 8, 2024). "Jared Keyte has a new role with Rutgers football coaching staff". USA Today . Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  10. ↑ Ciano, Sydney (January 24, 2025). "UMass football staff rounds out with defensive coordinator Jared Keyte". Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Jared Keyte Announced As Massachusetts Football's Defensive Coordinator". University of Massachusetts Athletics. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  12. ↑ Cote, Garrett (January 2, 2025). "UMass football: Minutemen hiring Jared Keyte as new defensive coordinator". Greenfield Recorder. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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