Marian University Ind.

BIO

• B.J Coad serves as the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator for the Knights and brings extensive coaching and playing background to the Marian staff. 
• In 2023, Coad was elevated to the offensive coordinator role and changed positions from offensive line to quarterbacks under head coach Ted Karras Jr.
• Coad returned to the Knights in 2022 after a three-year stint coaching the offensive line at Butler University. 
• In his three seasons as a Bulldogs coach, Coad worked with the offensive line and oversaw all of the recruiting for Butler. Coad coached five offensive linemen to the All-Pioneer Football League honors, including four members in the 2021 season, while also seeing two players named All-Pioneer League Academic First Team. The Bulldogs saw improvement in their ground game under Coad's leadership increasing their per-game rush average by 41 yards over his three seasons, and in 2021 Coad's linemen helped Butler finish fourth in the league with 15 sacks allowed. 
• Serves as team’s recruiting coordinator, coordinating all campus visits, designating staff recruiting areas and managing scholarship offers as needed.
• Coad's offensive line was prolific in 2018, ranking second in the nation in sacks against, while the run game ranked 15th in rushing offense per game. 
• Coad helped Marian to a record-setting season in 2016, as the Knights' offense ranked top five in the nation in scoring offense per game and total yards per game, while ranking ninth in passing yards per game and 12th in rushing offense per game.
• In 2016, Marian allowed the fewest sacks in the nation, allowing just five in the 12 games played.
• With the quality protection of the offensive line, freshman quarterback Luke Johnston threw 31 touchdown passes and only two interceptions in just eight games in 2016.
• Coached Zach Mitchell to the 2015 Rimington Award and has coached three All-Americans and 11 MSFA All-Conference award winners.­­­­­­­­­­
• In his first season with MU, Coad led an under-manned offensive line to one of the best seasons in the program's history. The offensive line helped lead the Knights to an 11-3 overall record, a 5-1 mark in MSFA Mideast play, their third MSFA Mideast League title and the program's second trip to the NAIA Football National Championship game.
• The offensive line protected the quarterbacks who had the most prolific season in team history. MU had 3,761 passing yards, which was a single-season school record, and had a passer rating of 129.2, which was the fourth-highest in team history. In addition, the line blocked for running back Tevin Lake, who finished his career as the NAIA's fifth-ranked all-time rusher and fifth all-time scorer. The 1,974 rushing yards in 2014 was the program's third-highest total and its 28 rushing touchdowns was the team's second-highest in a single season.
• Coad coached offensive lineman Zach Mitchell to AFCA-NAIA All-America First Team honors, All-MSFA Mideast League First Team honors and had Kody Woods and Zach Graves each voted onto the All-MSFA Mideast League Second Team.
• The offensive line was vital in wide receiver Krishawn Hogan's record-setting season after he amassed a program-record 82 receptions for a program-record 1,136 receiving yards. The line also protected quarterback Hayden Northern who threw for the third-most passing yards (2,939) after becoming the starter in the season's second game. He also had the third-most completions (208) and the fourth-most passing touchdowns (22) in 2014.
• Coad spent the previous two seasons with Syracuse University as a graduate assistant whose responsibilities included coaching linebackers, defensive linemen and offensive linemen while assisting with all phases of special teams. He was part of the 2012 BIG EAST co-champion Orange and was part of the coaching staff that went 2-0 in bowl games, including the 2013 Texas Bowl against the University of Minnesota. In his time at Syracuse he worked with three all-conference players in two seasons and two players drafted into the National Football League (NFL).
• Prior to his stint with the Orange, Coad served as an assistant coach for the defensive line, strength and conditioning and special teams at Wittenberg University, his alma mater, from 2009-12. Under his tutelage on the defensive line through three seasons at his alma mater, Coad’s defensive lines were awarded: seven All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors, four all-region awards and six All-America awards; including the 2009 d3football.com National Defensive Player of the Year who amassed 16.5 sacks through the season.
• During his time working with the defense line, Coad helped lead Wittenberg to two top 10 finishes nationally in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. With the 2009 defense finishing first in the nation in total defense and scoring defense followed up by a fifth place finish in the 2010 campaign.
• A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Coad attended Archbishop Moeller High School before attending Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 2008. Coad was a four-year letter winner on the offensive line at Wittenberg where his teams posted a 27-14 record during his career, including an 8-2 record in his senior campaign.
• Has completed his graduate degree from Syracuse with a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Instructional Design Foundations. He and his wife, Ashley, reside in Indianapolis with their daughter Cecilia.