Jay Anderson joined the Yale staff as Defensive Backs Coach in February of 2022 and was promoted to Co-Defensive Coordinator in March of 2023.
The Bulldogs won Ivy League titles in each of his first two seasons (2022, 2023). During that span, one of his standout players, Wande Owens, earned First Team All-Ivy honors both years and captained #Team150. In 2023, his debut season as Co-Defensive Coordinator, Yale ranked 17th nationally in scoring defense.
Anderson came to Yale after serving the 2021 season as the Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach at Johns Hopkins University. The nationally ranked Blue Jays won the Centennial Conference with an 8-1 record and went 10-2 overall including a NCAA tournament victory during his tenure. He coached two All-Americans on the defensive side of the ball, both of whom were just sophomores.
Prior to Hopkins, Anderson spent a season with Notre Dame College as its Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator. It was his second stop in Euclid, Ohio, as he had previously served as the Linebackers Coach during the 2012 season.
Anderson brings head coaching acumen to New Haven as he spent six seasons as the head coach at Oberlin College beginning in 2014. In his fourth year, he led the Yeomen to their best record in five seasons and mentored five All-North Coast Athletic Conference selections.
Anderson got his collegiate coaching start with Oberlin as the Linebackers Coach from 2009-12 before returning in 2013 as the Yeoman’s Defensive Coordinator.
Anderson was a four-year letter winner at Toledo, where he started 48 games in the secondary and graduated with a degree in English in 2003. He helped the Rockets to the 2001 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship, MAC Western Division titles in 2000 and 2002 and back-to-back appearances in the Motor City Bowl in 2001 and 2002.
