Joe Bolden

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Joe Bolden
Joe Bolden (2012-09-15).jpg
Bolden in 2012
Current position
TitleSpecial teams coordinator, co-defensive run game coordinator
Team Tulsa
Conference American Athletic Conference
Biographical details
Born (1993-08-19) August 19, 1993 (age 30)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater University of Michigan
Playing career
2012–2015 Michigan
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016 Michigan (GA)
2017–2018 Washington State (GA)
2019 USC (STQC)
2020–2021 Ohio State (DQC)
2022 Nevada (ST/OLB)
2023 Tulsa (ST)
2024–presentTulsa (ST/co-DRGC)

Joseph Daniel Bolden (born August 19, 1993) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the special teams coordinator forTulsa. Bolden is a former player for the Michigan Wolverines football team. [1]

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High school career

Bolden was born in 1993 and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending Colerain High School. [2] He verbally committed to the University of Michigan in April 2011. [3] He was selected as a first-team All-Ohio player in 2011 and played in the 2012 Under Armour All-America Game. [2]

College career

As a freshman during the 2012 season, Bolden appeared in 13 games on special teams and 12 games as a backup at the linebacker position. At the end of the season, he was named to the All-Big Ten Conference freshman teams selected by ESPN.com and BTN.com. As a sophomore in 2013, Bolden appeared in 13 games as a linebacker and was a starter in four games. [2]

During the 2014 season, Bolden was Michigan's second leading tackler with 102 tackles, including 55 solo tackles. [4]

In April 2015, Bolden was placed on the watch list for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. [4] [5] He was selected as a co-captain of the 2015 Michigan team. [6] During the 2015 season, Bolden led Michigan with 83 total tackles. [7]

NFL career

Bolden went undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft. [8] [9] Bolden subsequently tried out with the Washington Redskins during rookie mini-camp.

Coaching career

Early coaching

Following his playing career, Bolden was a graduate assistant for one year at Michigan in 2016 before a brief stop at Florida Atlantic and then on to Washington State for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2019, he served as the special teams quality control analyst at USC. [10] [11]

In 2020, Bolden joined Ohio State coaching staff as a quality control coach on defense. [11]

Nevada

In January 2022, Bolden got his first full-time coaching position when he was hired as part of Ken Wilson's inaugural Nevada Wolf Pack staff. He will serve as the special teams coordinator, while also coaching the outside linebackers. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Snyder (August 3, 2015). "Michigan LB Joe Bolden a sure bet amid uncertainty". Detroit Free Press.
  2. 1 2 3 "Joe Bolden Bio". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ohio linebacker Joe Bolden is Michigan football team's seventh commitment for 2012 class". AnnArbor.com. April 29, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Mark Snyder (April 20, 2015). "U-M linebacker Joe Bolden makes Lott Trophy watch list". Detroit Free Press.
  5. ↑ Nick Baumgardner (April 20, 2015). "Michigan's Joe Bolden makes Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list". Mlive.com.
  6. ↑ Mike Dyer (August 28, 2015). "Colerain's Joe Bolden named Michigan team captain". Cincinnati Enquirer.
  7. ↑ "2015 Michigan Football: Michigan Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 01, 2016) All games" (PDF). University of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ Max Cohen (March 18, 2016). "Michigan's Bolden guarantees he'll make NFL roster". Detroit Free Press.
  9. ↑ Mike Dyer (April 15, 2016). "Former Michigan and Colerain standout Joe Bolden preparing for NFL". WCPO Cincinnati.
  10. ↑ "HCA: Cougars add youth to coaching staff". March 21, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Joe Bolden – Ohio State Buckeyes". Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ Feldman, Bruce (January 1, 2022). "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
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