Football
Brumbaugh, Jimmy
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BYU
Sep 27 (Sat)
8:15 PM
Jimmy Brumbaugh
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Defensive Line
- Email:
- cufb@colorado.edu
- Phone:
- 303-492-3214
Jimmy Brumbaugh is in first year on the Colorado staff as the defensive line coach, as he was the fourth coach hired by new CU head coach Mel Tucker, joining the Buffalo staff on Dec. 19, 2018.
He came to Colorado from the University of Maryland, where he had served as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for the previous two seasons.
Brumbaugh, 42, had spent the prior four seasons at the University of Kentucky, establishing himself as one of the top defensive line coaches in the country. He has also served as an assistant coach at Louisiana State, Louisiana Tech and Syracuse.
While serving as defensive line coach at Kentucky (2013-16), he developed a pair of 2015 NFL draft picks. Bud Dupree was a first round selection by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Za’Darius Smith, who Brumbaugh coached in junior college, was chosen in the fourth round by the Baltimore Ravens. Overall, four defensive linemen earned All-SEC honors during his tenure with the Wildcats.
He had moved on to Kentucky from Syracuse, where he coached defensive tackles in 2011 and the defensive line in 2010. The Orange defense showed drastic improvements under Brumbaugh in 2010, moving from 81st to 17th nationally in scoring defense, and from 37th to seventh in total defense. Under Brumbaugh’s tutelage, defensive end Chandler Jones garnered All-Big East recognition twice and was drafted 21st overall by the New England Patriots in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Prior to Syracuse, Brumbaugh coached the defensive line at Louisiana Tech in 2008 and 2009. He took over a defensive front that ranked 46th nationally against the rush in 2007 and moved that ranking to 13th at the conclusion of 2008.
In 2012, Brumbaugh was at East Mississippi Community College, where he was in charge of the defensive line and also was the strength and conditioning coordinator. He helped lead the Lions to a top 10 national ranking, an 8-2 record and the Mississippi North Division championship. Brumbaugh’s defensive line combined for 224 tackles, including 44½ tackles for loss, 21½ quarterback and seven forced fumbles. For the season, the EMCC defense allowed just 75 rushing yards and only 15.3 points per game. In just his one season there, Brumbaugh developed six defensive linemen who signed Division I scholarships, including Kentucky’s Smith, the nation’s No. 1-rated junior college defensive end prospect by JCGridiron.com.
Brumbaugh also has extensive experience in strength and conditioning, working two seasons (2006-07) as an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at Louisiana State. Under Coach Les Miles, LSU was the 2007 national champion, defeating Ohio State, 38-24, in the BCS title game in New Orleans. While with LSU, Brumbaugh helped produce 12 NFL draft selections, including five first round picks.
Brumbaugh lettered four years as a defensive lineman at Auburn, playing both the nose and outside tackle positions, from 1995-99. He started 44 of his 48 career games, recording 291 tackles and 15 quarterback sacks. Brumbaugh was named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 1995, earned Auburn’s Most Improved Defensive Lineman honor for spring ball and then garnered second-team All-SEC honors as a sophomore in 1996 and first-team All-SEC accolades in 1997. He was a member of the Tigers’ 1997 SEC Western Division champion team, and played in the 1995 Outback, 1996 Independence and 1997 Peach bowls, with Auburn winning the last two. He missed what would have been his original senior season in 1998 with an injury and redshirted.
He played in the Blue-Gray Classic following his senior season, and signed as free agent and was in preseason camp with the San Francisco 49ers in 2000. He went on to play in the XFL with the Birmingham Bolts and then in arena football with the Georgia Force and Birmingham Steel Dogs.
He returned to Auburn after his pro career to finish up his degree, graduating in 2004 with a bachelor’s in Health and Human Performance. He then decided to get into coaching, starting out as a student assistant for Jacksonville (Ala.) State, which won the 2004 Ohio Valley Conference championship with a 7-1 league record and 9-2 overall mark. His first full-time position followed the next year, as he was the defensive line coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga, which posted a 6-5 record in 2005.
Born James Brent Brumbaugh on Dec. 9, 1976 in Gainesville, Fla., he graduated from Keystone Heights (Fla.) High School, where he lettered in football and basketball. He is married to the former Kelly Jones, and the couple has two sons, Legend, who will be a sophomore tight end at Colorado this fall (after transferring to CU from Maryland), and Nash.
AT-A-GLANCE— He has coached in 98 Division I-A (FBS) games as a full-time position coach, including two bowl games (2010 Pinstripe, 2016 TaxSlayer).
He came to Colorado from the University of Maryland, where he had served as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for the previous two seasons.
Brumbaugh, 42, had spent the prior four seasons at the University of Kentucky, establishing himself as one of the top defensive line coaches in the country. He has also served as an assistant coach at Louisiana State, Louisiana Tech and Syracuse.
While serving as defensive line coach at Kentucky (2013-16), he developed a pair of 2015 NFL draft picks. Bud Dupree was a first round selection by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Za’Darius Smith, who Brumbaugh coached in junior college, was chosen in the fourth round by the Baltimore Ravens. Overall, four defensive linemen earned All-SEC honors during his tenure with the Wildcats.
He had moved on to Kentucky from Syracuse, where he coached defensive tackles in 2011 and the defensive line in 2010. The Orange defense showed drastic improvements under Brumbaugh in 2010, moving from 81st to 17th nationally in scoring defense, and from 37th to seventh in total defense. Under Brumbaugh’s tutelage, defensive end Chandler Jones garnered All-Big East recognition twice and was drafted 21st overall by the New England Patriots in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Prior to Syracuse, Brumbaugh coached the defensive line at Louisiana Tech in 2008 and 2009. He took over a defensive front that ranked 46th nationally against the rush in 2007 and moved that ranking to 13th at the conclusion of 2008.
In 2012, Brumbaugh was at East Mississippi Community College, where he was in charge of the defensive line and also was the strength and conditioning coordinator. He helped lead the Lions to a top 10 national ranking, an 8-2 record and the Mississippi North Division championship. Brumbaugh’s defensive line combined for 224 tackles, including 44½ tackles for loss, 21½ quarterback and seven forced fumbles. For the season, the EMCC defense allowed just 75 rushing yards and only 15.3 points per game. In just his one season there, Brumbaugh developed six defensive linemen who signed Division I scholarships, including Kentucky’s Smith, the nation’s No. 1-rated junior college defensive end prospect by JCGridiron.com.
Brumbaugh also has extensive experience in strength and conditioning, working two seasons (2006-07) as an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at Louisiana State. Under Coach Les Miles, LSU was the 2007 national champion, defeating Ohio State, 38-24, in the BCS title game in New Orleans. While with LSU, Brumbaugh helped produce 12 NFL draft selections, including five first round picks.
Brumbaugh lettered four years as a defensive lineman at Auburn, playing both the nose and outside tackle positions, from 1995-99. He started 44 of his 48 career games, recording 291 tackles and 15 quarterback sacks. Brumbaugh was named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 1995, earned Auburn’s Most Improved Defensive Lineman honor for spring ball and then garnered second-team All-SEC honors as a sophomore in 1996 and first-team All-SEC accolades in 1997. He was a member of the Tigers’ 1997 SEC Western Division champion team, and played in the 1995 Outback, 1996 Independence and 1997 Peach bowls, with Auburn winning the last two. He missed what would have been his original senior season in 1998 with an injury and redshirted.
He played in the Blue-Gray Classic following his senior season, and signed as free agent and was in preseason camp with the San Francisco 49ers in 2000. He went on to play in the XFL with the Birmingham Bolts and then in arena football with the Georgia Force and Birmingham Steel Dogs.
He returned to Auburn after his pro career to finish up his degree, graduating in 2004 with a bachelor’s in Health and Human Performance. He then decided to get into coaching, starting out as a student assistant for Jacksonville (Ala.) State, which won the 2004 Ohio Valley Conference championship with a 7-1 league record and 9-2 overall mark. His first full-time position followed the next year, as he was the defensive line coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga, which posted a 6-5 record in 2005.
Born James Brent Brumbaugh on Dec. 9, 1976 in Gainesville, Fla., he graduated from Keystone Heights (Fla.) High School, where he lettered in football and basketball. He is married to the former Kelly Jones, and the couple has two sons, Legend, who will be a sophomore tight end at Colorado this fall (after transferring to CU from Maryland), and Nash.
AT-A-GLANCE— He has coached in 98 Division I-A (FBS) games as a full-time position coach, including two bowl games (2010 Pinstripe, 2016 TaxSlayer).
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