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UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners
Jourdan McNeill (RB Coach)

Jourdan McNeill

  • Title
    Running Backs/Offensive Recruiting Coordinator
  • Alma Mater
    ETBU '17
  • Email Address
    nposada@utep.edu
  • Phone
    915-747-5224
Jourdan McNeill will start his second season with the UTEP football coaching staff. McNeill will serve as the running backs coach/offensive run game coordinator. McNeill was hired on Dec. 19, 2023.
 
The Miners’ rushing attack gained 1,449 yards and nine rushing touchdowns in 2024. UTEP ranked fifth in Conference USA, averaging just over 120 rushing yards per game. The rushing attack ran for a season-high 211 yards against FIU, and added 120 yards against Kennesaw State and 121 at NM State, resulting in victories in all three contests. 
 
UTEP starting running back Jevon Jackson led the team with 754 yards and scored six total touchdowns (four rush, two rec.). Jackson ranked sixth in Conference USA in rushing yards. Jackson gained a season-high 148 yards on 26 carries and scored a touchdown during the Miners’ win over FIU. Jackson followed that performance with his second straight 100+ yards game, tallying 112 on 22 attempts at LA Tech the next week. Jackson concluded the season with 79 yards on the ground and a season-high two rushing scores that helped UTEP rally to beat NM State. 
 
Ezell Jolly ranked second on the team with 248 rushing yards on 64 attempts with a touchdown. Jolly, a redshirt freshman, hit the century mark for the first time after totaling a career-high 119 rushing yards on national television at WKU. Jolly also scored his first career touchdown against Sam Houston in the Sun Bowl, adding 76 yards on 17 carries against the Bearkats. 
 
McNeill served on Walden’s staff as running backs coach at Austin Peay for three seasons (2021-23). The Governors finished 9-3 overall and 6-0 in the United Athletic Conference this past season. The campaign was highlighted by a conference title and FCS playoff berth. McNeill was also Walden’s running back while at East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) in 2016.

Austin Peay’s ground game gained 1,832 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns last season. All-UAC first team running back Jevon Jackson led the way with 1,373 yards on 252 attempts (5.4 avg.) and 10 rushing scores in 2023. Jackson ranked first in the UAC and 28th in the FCS in rushing scores, while also leading the league and rating fifth nationally in rushing yards. The 5-8, 200-pound back ranked third in the UAC and 34th in the country in yards per carry (5.5). Overall, McNeill helped the Governors’ rushing attack place fifth in the UAC and 55th in the FCS. Jackson’s 114.4 yards rushing per game was first in the UAC and sixth in the country. 
 
Prior to his time in Clarksville, Tenn., McNeill served as running backs coach at Belhaven (Jackson, Miss.) for three seasons (2018-20). The Blazers’ rushing yards per game increased each season under McNeill. Prior to McNeill arriving at Belhaven, the Blazers averaged just 57.7 rushing yards per game. McNeill helped increase that number 95.5 rushing yards per game in 2018 and ballooned that number to 176.0 yards per contest the next season. McNeill received his Master of Science in Leadership from Belhaven University in May 2020.
 
McNeill was a four-year letter winner at ETBU (2013-16). During his time as a Tiger, McNeill was a three-time all-conference award winner and the recipient of the program’s first Iron Tiger Award. McNeill played for Walden when he was the head coach during the 2016 season. McNeill hit career bests in rushing yards (819), carries (182) and rushing touchdowns (16) in his lone season playing for Walden. McNeill had a nose for the end zone, scoring 31 total rushing touchdowns. 
 
Additionally, McNeill was a strength and conditioning intern and a powerlifting judge at ETBU.
 
McNeill is from Dallas, Texas, and received a Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness Management from ETBU in 2017. 
 
MCNEILL’S COACHING CAREER
2024-Pres. – UTEP (running backs/offensive run game coordinator) 
2021-23 – Austin Peay (running backs coach)
2018-20 – Belhaven University (running backs coach/graduate assistant)
2017 – East Texas Baptist University (strength and conditioning internship)