CLAY
J ENNIN G S
CORNERBACKS SECOND SEASON AT TCU NORTH TEXAS, ‘96
Clay Jennings joined the TCU football staff as cornerbacks
Jennings also worked two years (2001-02) as secondary
coach in January 2008.
coach and recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State. He helped the Bearkats to a share of the 2001 Southland
In his first season with the Horned Frogs, Jennings coached
Conference championship and the quarterfinal round of the
Rafael Priest into second-team All-Mountain West Conference
NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. At SHSU, Jennings coached All-
honors while Nick Sanders was an honorable-mention pick.
American and Buck Buchanan Award finalist Keith Davis, who
Jennings, who has coached five current NFL defensive backs, came to the Horned Frogs after serving as the cornerbacks coach at Baylor in 2007. Jennings worked two seasons (2005-06) as safeties coach at Houston. He helped the Cougars to back-to-back bowl appearances and the 2006 Conference USA championship. In 2006, Cougars’ free safety Will Gulley earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year honors while Brandon Brinkley was named to the league’s all-freshman squad. In his first season at Houston, Jennings saw Rocky Schwartz earn Conference USA third-team all-league honors and Kenneth Fontennette be named an honorable-mention Freshman All-American by The Sporting News. Prior to his two-year stint at Houston, Jennings spent two seasons (2003-04) as the defensive backs coach at LouisianaLafayette, where he helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a No. 11 national ranking in pass defense. At Louisiana-Lafayette,
just completed his sixth season with the Dallas Cowboys, and
Age:_ __________________ 35 (born Nov. 3, 1973) Hometown:_ __________________ Waco, Texas Married:_ _________________________ Belinda
is now a member of the Oakland Raiders.
CHILDREN:_ ________________ Kirby and Kenzie
Jennings also coached the secondary at Southern Arkansas
Alma Mater:______________North Texas (1996)
(2000), Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa (1999) and Morehouse College in Atlanta (1998). At SAU, Jennings mentored Jordan Babineaux of the Seattle Seahawks. At Morningside, Jennings coached first-team All-American Matt Walker. A four-year letterwinner (1992-95) as a defensive lineman and special teams standout at North Texas, Jennings was a member of the Mean Green’s 1994 Southland Conference championship team and the school’s first NCAA Division I-A squad in 1995. He began his coaching career as a student assistant (1996) and then graduate assistant (1997) at North Texas before moving on to Morehouse. A 1992 graduate of Waco’s La Vega High School and a 1996 North Texas alumnus (bachelor’s of science in kinesiology),
Jennings tutored current NFL players Antwain Spann (New
Jennings and his wife, Belinda, have two children: son Kirby
England Patriots), C.C. Brown (Houston Texans) and Michael
and daughter Kenzie.
Adams (Arizona Cardinals).
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T C U C O A C H E S & STA F F
2009 HORNED FROG FOOTBALL
Playing Experience: 1992-95_________________________ North Texas Coaching Experience: 1996_ __________ North Texas (Student Assistant) 1997_ _________ North Texas (Graduate Assistant) 1998_ ________________ Morehouse (Secondary) 1999_ _______________ Morningside (Secondary) 2000_ __________ Southern Arkansas (Secondary) 2001-02___________________ Sam Houston State (Secondary/Recruiting Coordinator) 2003-04________ Louisiana-Lafayette (Secondary) 2005-06____________________ Houston (Safeties) 2007_ ___________________ Baylor (Cornerbacks) 2008-present_ ______________TCU (Cornerbacks) BOWL GAMES 2005_ ______________ Fort Worth Bowl (Houston) 2006_ _________________ Liberty Bowl (Houston) 2008_ __________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU)
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