Jemal Singleton

Jemal Singleton (December 7, 1975) is an American football coach who is the running backs and special teams coach for the Kentucky Wildcats. He previously was the running back coach for the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was a coach for numerous college football teams before that.

Jemal Singleton
Current position
TitleRunning backs and special teams coach
TeamKentucky
Biographical details
Born (1975-12-07) December 7, 1975
İncirlik, Turkey
Alma materAir Force
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000Air Force (Prep assistant)
2003–2005Air Force (Varsity assistant)
2006-2010Air Force (running backs coach)
2011-2014Oklahoma State (running backs coach)
2015Arkansas (running backs coach/special teams coordinator )
2016–2017Indianapolis Colts (running backs coach)
2018Oakland Raiders (running backs coach)
2019–2020Cincinnati Bengals (running backs coach)

Coaching career

Indianapolis Colts

In 2016, Singleton was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as their running backs coach. In his two seasons with Indianapolis, Singleton helped Frank Gore amass 1,986 rushing yards, the ninth-most in the NFL during that span. Gore came just shy of 1,000 yards in 2017, finishing 12th in the NFL with 961 yards on the ground. In 2016, he guided Gore to his ninth 1,000-yard season, becoming the first Colts rusher to eclipse 1,000 yards since RB Joseph Addai in 2007, and also becoming the first running back age 33-or-older to rush for at least 1,000 yards since John Riggins in 1984 (fourth player overall).

Oakland Raiders

On January 11, 2018, Singleton was hired by the Oakland Raiders as their running backs coach under head coach Jon Gruden.

Cincinnati Bengals

On February 10, 2019 Singleton was hired by the Bengals.

Kentucky Wildcats

On January, 7, 2021 Singleton was hired by the University of Kentucky as running backs coach and special teams coordinator. [1]

References
  1. Lax, Susan. "Jemal Singleton Named Running Backs Coach/Special Teams Coordinator". Retrieved January 7, 2021.


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