The University of Akron Athletics
Football
Everett, Jayden
Jayden Everett
- Title:
- Assistant Coach | Running Backs
- Email:
- fbrecruit@uakron.edu
- Phone:
- (330) 972-7466
Jayden Everett enters his first season in 2019 at the University of Akron as the Zips’ running backs coach.
He served as the running backs coach at Central Michigan during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2017, then-sophomore Jonathan Ward emerged as a budding star under Everett's tutelage, rushing for 1,019 yards, rolling up 470 yards in receptions, and scoring 13 touchdowns. He became the first CMU back to rush for 1,000 yards since 2014.
Ward, who ranked second in the MAC with an average of 5.7 yards per carry, was among a slew of talented returnees with whom Everett worked. A 2018 USA Today preseason Top 25 running back, he was ranked No. 21, one of only two backs to rush for 1,000 yards and receive nearly 500 yards in 2017. Ward was also ranked No. 36 in the preseason on Athlon’s Top 50 running backs lists. Overall, he finished 20th on the 2018 Top 25 List of MAC Players.
Before joining the Chippewas, Everett spent the previous four seasons as Indiana State’s running backs coach, and he also served as ISU's recruiting coordinator in 2016. He assisted with the first emergence in the NCAA FCS playoffs since 1984. Everett developed 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year Roland Genesy as well as 2013 MVFC All-Newcomer LeMonte Booker, 2018 first-team All-Missouri Valley Jaquan Keys, and CFL’s Shakir Bell who earned Parade All-America honors. In 2016, Genesy earned Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley honors after finishing fourth in rushing on the fewest carries in the league.
Everett spent two seasons at Hutchinson Community College as the recruiting coordinator and running backs coach. He helped develop first round NFL Draft pick and All-Pro wide receiver Cordarrele Patterson, who went on to play at the University of Tennessee before being drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.
Everett played linebacker for three seasons at Indiana State, and he was the team’s co-Most Valuable Player and defensive captain as a senior. An All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention selection, he recorded 102 tackles as a senior, which ranked in the nation’s Top 20.
Everett earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana State in 2009.
A native of Newton, Kan., Everett, 33, and his wife Susan have two children– Vera (4) and Kaenan (2).
He served as the running backs coach at Central Michigan during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2017, then-sophomore Jonathan Ward emerged as a budding star under Everett's tutelage, rushing for 1,019 yards, rolling up 470 yards in receptions, and scoring 13 touchdowns. He became the first CMU back to rush for 1,000 yards since 2014.
Ward, who ranked second in the MAC with an average of 5.7 yards per carry, was among a slew of talented returnees with whom Everett worked. A 2018 USA Today preseason Top 25 running back, he was ranked No. 21, one of only two backs to rush for 1,000 yards and receive nearly 500 yards in 2017. Ward was also ranked No. 36 in the preseason on Athlon’s Top 50 running backs lists. Overall, he finished 20th on the 2018 Top 25 List of MAC Players.
Before joining the Chippewas, Everett spent the previous four seasons as Indiana State’s running backs coach, and he also served as ISU's recruiting coordinator in 2016. He assisted with the first emergence in the NCAA FCS playoffs since 1984. Everett developed 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year Roland Genesy as well as 2013 MVFC All-Newcomer LeMonte Booker, 2018 first-team All-Missouri Valley Jaquan Keys, and CFL’s Shakir Bell who earned Parade All-America honors. In 2016, Genesy earned Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley honors after finishing fourth in rushing on the fewest carries in the league.
Everett spent two seasons at Hutchinson Community College as the recruiting coordinator and running backs coach. He helped develop first round NFL Draft pick and All-Pro wide receiver Cordarrele Patterson, who went on to play at the University of Tennessee before being drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.
Everett played linebacker for three seasons at Indiana State, and he was the team’s co-Most Valuable Player and defensive captain as a senior. An All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention selection, he recorded 102 tackles as a senior, which ranked in the nation’s Top 20.
Everett earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana State in 2009.
A native of Newton, Kan., Everett, 33, and his wife Susan have two children– Vera (4) and Kaenan (2).
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