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Mike Jinks

b. 1973

American football player and coach

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Born 1973. Mike Jinks is an American american football coach and american football player.

Michael Troy Jinks (born February 7, 1972) is an American football coach who last served as the running backs coach for Houston. Jinks served as the head football coach at Bowling Green State University from 2016 until midway through the 2018 season, before becoming the running backs coach at the University of Southern California. Previously he was an assistant head coach and running backs coach at Texas Tech University.

Early life Jinks was born on February 7, 1972. After high school, Jinks played college football at the NCAA Division II level for Angelo State. He was their starting quarterback for two years, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Mathematics.

Coaching career High school Jinks' coaching career began in 1995 when he was working as a waiter in a restaurant in San Angelo, Texas. He was serving a table full of coaches from Ellison High School and was offered a job as the quarterbacks coach there. Short on funds, Jinks received a loan from his former coach at Angelo State, Jerry Vandergriff, to earn his teacher certification and move to Killeen, Texas. and was a finalist for the 2013 Xenith National High School Coach of the Year Award. Jinks left Steele with a win–loss record of 77–17. In his last three seasons there, Jinks compiled a record of 43–4.

College On January 9, 2013, it was announced that Jinks accepted the position of running backs coach for Texas Tech under head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Washington led the Big 12 Conference in rushing yards and earned an All-Big 12 Conference 1st Team selection in 2015.

Jinks was named head coach at Bowling Green on December 8, 2015.

On October 14, 2018, Jinks was fired after two and a half seasons at Bowling Green.

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Born
1973
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Education
Angelo State University, Judson High School
Also known as
Michael Troy Jinks

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Who is Mike Jinks?

American football player and coach

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Mike Jinks was born in 1973.

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Mike Jinks is an american football coach and american football player.

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· Wikipedia: Mike Jinks

· Wikidata: Q6847400

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