Jules Montinar - Football Coach

Jules Montinar

Title:
Cornerbacks Coach
Email:
jules.montinar@temple.edu
Phone:
215-204-4694

JULES MONTINAR
Hometown	Naples, Fla.
College	Eastern Kentucky, 2009
Family	Wife: Brittany
Family
Coaching Experience
Year	School, Position
2022-	Temple, CBs
2021	Florida, CBs
2020	South Florida, CBs / Recruiting Coord.
2019	Georgia, DQC
2016-18	Texas State, STC / CBs
2014-15	James Madison, CBs
2012-13	Alabama, GA
2011	Purdue, GA
2010	Lake Erie College, DBs / ASTC
2008-09	Eastern Kentucky, LBs / DEs
Postseason Experience
Year	Bowl, School
2021	Gasparilla Bowl, Florida
2020	Sugar Bowl, Georgia
2014	Sugar Bowl, Alabama
2013	BCS National Championship, Alabama
2011	Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl, Purdue

Jules Montinar joined Temple Football’s coaching staff in January, 2022, as the Cornerbacks Coach.

Montinar came to Temple after one season at Florida where he coached a unit that ranked No. 1 in pass defense in SEC play. That group improved from a ninth place ranking in 2020.

In 2020, Montinar was at USF as cornerbacks coach/recruiting coordinator. The Bulls finished the season ranked fifth in the American Athletic Conference in pass defense (229.0 ypg) and second with 10 interceptions.

Montinar spent the 2019 season as a defensive quality control assistant at Georgia. The Bulldogs completed a 12-2 season and secured a top five national ranking with a 26-14 Sugar Bowl victory over Baylor.

From 2016-18, Montinar spent three seasons as cornerbacks coach at Texas State, adding special teams coordinator duties in 2018. The Bobcats’ kick return defense jumped from 108th to 14th in the national rankings while their kick return offense improved from 125th to 52nd and their punt return average went from 68th to 32nd in his one season leading the special teams. Montinar established himself as an elite recruiter earning 247Sports’ 2017 Sun Belt Recruiter of the Year honors.

From 2014-15, Montinar coached the cornerbacks at James Madison. That group broke up 59 passes, collected 14 interceptions (returning six of them for touchdowns) and forced and recovered eight fumbles in 2015, collecting 22 turnovers and scoring seven touchdowns in all. The Dukes’ corners led the FCS with four pick-sixes in 2014. Montinar helped produce all-conference cornerback Taylor Reynolds, who earned first-team honors in 2015 and second-team in 2014.

Montinar spent two years as a graduate assistant coaching the defense at Alabama (2012-13), working alongside Nick Saban and Kirby Smart. In his first year, the Crimson Tide won the BCS National Championship Game after beating Notre Dame. The 2012 Tide defense posted four shutouts and held six opponents to 10 points or less while leading the nation in rush defense, total defense and scoring defense. He also helped Alabama finish the 2013 season with an 11-2 record and earn a berth to the Sugar Bowl.

Montinar also served as a graduate assistant at Purdue (2011) and prior to that was a defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coach at Lake Erie College (2010). He began his coaching career working with linebackers and defensive ends at his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky (2008-09). While there, he took part in the NFL’s summer coaching internship program with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2007 and 2008.

A native of Naples, Fla., Montinar graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 2009, earning both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in sports management. He was an all-state safety at Naples High, where as a senior (2002) he was named the Naples Daily News and Southwest Florida Defensive Player of the Year. He helped lead Naples to the Florida Class 5A state championship as a junior (2001).

Montinar began his collegiate playing career at West Virginia before transferring to Eastern Kentucky. He played in two Gator Bowls while at WVU before going on to EKU, where as a starting defensive back and special teams captain he won an Ohio Valley Conference championship as a senior (2007) before winning another as a coach (2008) the following season.