Jay Valai

Jay Valai is an American football coach and former player, currently serving as the cornerbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).

Playing career Valai redshirted as a true freshman in 2006. 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 as Houston'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 for Nick Sirianni. However, twelve days later, Alabama announced that they hired Valai as the team's cornerbacks coach.

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

Buffalo Bills On February 2, 2026, Valai was hired to serve as the cornerbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills under new head coach Joe Brady.

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