Jay MacIntyre - Football Coach

Jay MacIntyre

Title:
Wide Receivers
Email:
jmacinty@utm.edu

Jay MacIntyre enters his second season as an assistant coach at UT Martin since joining the staff in 2020. MacIntyre was elevated to the title of pass game coordinator prior to the 2021 season while retaining his role as the team’s wide receivers coach while holding special team responsibilities.

In an abbreviated 2020 campaign, the Skyhawks wide receiving core posted a huge year. UT Martin led the OVC in passing offense (258.9 yards) while featuring a pair of All-OVC honorees from Colton Dowell and Donnell Williams. Dowell ranked amongst OVC leaders in receptions (40, first), receiving yards (459, second), touchdowns (four, second), receptions per game (5.7, second) and receiving yards per game (65.6, third). Williams also ranked amongst the league's elite in receiving yards per game (74.2, second), receiving yards (445, fourth), receptions per game (4.88, fifth), receptions (29, seventh), touchdowns (three, seventh) and yards per catch (15.3, ninth).

Before UT Martin, MacIntyre spent the 2019 campaign in a similar role at Southeastern University. While with the Fire, the passing game was dynamic in an offense which averaged 43.5 points per game. The passing game averaged 304.5 yards per game while receivers averaged 15.5 yards per reception and tallied 28 touchdowns. In total, eight different receivers eclipsed 100 receiving yards on the season.

Prior to joining the coaching profession, MacIntyre wrapped up an illustrious four-year career at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He finished 26th all-time in career receptions with 86 and 30th with 1,035 receiving yards. Voted as team captain for his senior year, he also won the Ceal Barry Leadership Award for “inspiring others through exemplary commitment, composure and integrity.” He also received the Iron Buffalo Award which “recognizes hard work, dedication, toughness and total lifting performance.”

The MacIntyre family name runs deep through the fabric of the UT Martin football program. His father, Mike MacIntyre served as UT Martin’s defensive coordinator from 1993-96 before assuming head coaching positions at San Jose State and Colorado while currently serving as defensive coordinator at Memphis. Additionally, his grandfather, George MacIntyre was the seventh head coach in UT Martin’s history (1975-77) before moving on to lead Vanderbilt for seven seasons.

MacIntyre graduated from Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in leadership in 2018. He also served on the leadership board in Boulder for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where he helped launch a FCA group on his campus.