Ja'Juan Seider

Last updated
Ja'Juan Seider
Current position
TitleCo-offensive coordinator & Running backs coach
Team Penn State
Biographical details
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977 (age 46)
Belle Glade, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater West Virginia University
Playing career
1995–1998 West Virginia
1999 Florida A&M
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002 Glades Central HS (RB)
2003–2005 Palm Beach Lakes HS (OC)
2006–2007 Lake Worth HS (QB)
2008–2009 West Virginia (GA)
2010–2012 Marshall (RB)
2013–2016 West Virginia (RB)
2017 Florida (RB)
2018–2019 Penn State (RB)
2020Penn State (RB/RGC)
2021–presentPenn State (AHC/co-OC/RB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • MEAC Offensive Player of the Year (1999)
  • First-team All-MEAC (1999)

Ja'Juan Seider (born April 16, 1977), is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the running backs coach for Penn State. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida A&M Rattlers. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. [1] [2]

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Early life

A native of Belle Glade, Florida, Seider was an All-District quarterback at Glades Central High School. [3] After his senior season, Seider would accept a scholarship to play college football at West Virginia University. [4]

College playing career

After spending four years as a backup quarterback at West Virginia University, Seider transferred to Florida A&M for his senior season to play for head coach Billy Joe. [3]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Seider's first coaching job would be at his high school alma mater, Glades Central High School coaching running backs in 2001 and 2002. [5] He would spend the next two seasons as offensive coordinator at Palm Beach Lakes High.[ citation needed ] The following two seasons he would spend at Lake Worth Community High School coaching quarterbacks. [5] Seider would join Bill Stewart’s Mountaineer staff as a graduate assistant in 2008 and 2009. [6]

Marshall

Marshall’s Doc Holliday hired him away to serve as running backs coach and recruiting coordinator from 2010 to 2012. [7]

West Virginia

In 2013, Seider was hired by head coach Dana Holgorsen as the running backs coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers. [8] Seider would spend four seasons with the Mountaineers, and would produce 1,000-yard rushers three of the four years. [9] Charles Sims amassed 1,095 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground in 2013, [10] and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him 69th overall in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. [11] Wendell Smallwood followed suit in 2015, recording 1,519 yards (tops in the Big 12) and nine touchdowns and was selected 150th overall in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. [12] [13] In 2016, Justin Crawford led West Virginia in the rushing with 1,184 yards, good for third in the Big 12. [14]

Florida

In 2017, Seider was hired by the Florida Gators and head coach Jim McElwain as the running backs coach. [1] Seider would only spend one season at Florida after McElwain was fired and replaced by Dan Mullen. [15] Seider was retained by Coach Mullen to coach tight ends, but chose to weigh other coaching options. [16]

Penn State

On January 25, 2018, Penn State head coach James Franklin announced Ja'Juan Seider as the Nittany Lions’ running backs coach. [17] The Nittany Lions rushed for 204.9 yards per game. This was the highest per game total since 2008, when Penn State rushed for 205.8. [18] Sanders, who rushed for 1,274 yards and nine touchdowns, [19] was selected in the second round (53rd overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019 NFL Draft. [20]

During the middle of the 2023 season, Seider was promoted to interim co-offensive coordinator for the remainder of the season.

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