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Jabbar Juluke Joins Texas Tech Football Coaching Staff
January 20, 2016 | Football
Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury added Jabbar Juluke to his coaching staff on Wednesday. Juluke, who spent the past three seasons at Louisiana Tech, will oversee Texas Tech's running backs.
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury officially announced the addition of Jabbar Juluke to his coaching staff on Wednesday. Juluke will serve as Texas Tech's running backs coach.
"We are extremely excited to add Coach Juluke to our staff," Kingsbury said. "With his recruiting ties, energy and coaching experience, he is a valuable addition to our program."
A New Orleans native and 20-year football coaching veteran, Jabbar Juluke joins the Texas Tech coaching staff as running backs coach. Juluke arrives at Texas Tech after serving three seasons as an assistant coach/running backs coach at Louisiana Tech University, where he helped guide the Bulldogs to two consecutive nine-win seasons and back-to-back bowl game appearances in both the 2015 New Orleans Bowl and 2014 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.
In 2015, Juluke helped lead Louisiana Tech to a 9-4 overall record, a second place finish in the Conference USA West Division and a 47-28 win over Arkansas State in the New Orleans Bowl. Under Juluke, the Bulldogs' running backs concluded the year with 2,075 rushing yards on 431 carries (4.8 average) and 27 touchdowns. The Bulldogs ranked among the nation's top-25 programs in both scoring offense (No. 19, 37.5 ppg.) and total offense (No. 21, 482.8 yards per game). Under Juluke's direction, running back Kenneth Dixon became the program's all-time leading rusher as he accumulated three straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons, 4,480 career rushing yards and 72 career touchdowns.
In 2014, the Bulldogs' totaled more than 2,000 rushing yards as Juluke helped guide Louisiana Tech to a 9-5 record, a Conference USA West Division title and a 35-18 victory over Illinois in the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl. Dixon ranked sixth nationally with 22 rushing touchdowns and concluded the year with 1,299 yards.
Prior to his stint at Louisiana Tech, Juluke served nine seasons as the head football coach at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans. While at Edna Karr from 2003-12, he compiled an 80-39 record and .672 winning percentage capped off with a 14-0 mark and Louisiana State Class 4A championship in 2012. Over his final three seasons at Edna Karr, Juluke guided the Cougars to three Class 4A state title game appearances and a 49-8 overall record (.860 winning percentage). In addition, he led the school to seven district titles and two runner-up finishes in a nine-year span. Over his tenure, over 70 of his players earned college football scholarships.
Prior to his stint at Edna Karr, Juluke worked as the defensive coordinator for four years at Frederick Douglas High School in New Orleans and was a wide receivers coach at Brother Martin for one year. He began his coaching career as a defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at O.P. Walker High School in New Orleans, where he spent one season before moving over to St. Augustine High School as a linebackers coach.
As a player, Juluke helped guide Southern University to a Black National Championship in 1993 as a senior safety. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Southern in 1999.
Juluke is married to the former Denise Smith. The couple has two children--Jahmad Juluke and Jamari Juluke--while Denise has a son, Dyruius, whom Juluke is a stepfather to.
JABBAR JULUKE COACHING EXPERIENCE
1995 - O.P. Walker High School, New Orleans, La. (Defensive Backs/Special Teams Coordinator)
1996-97 - St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, La. (Linebackers)
1998 - Brother Martin High School, New Orleans, La. (Wide Receivers Coach)
1999-03 - Frederick Douglas High School, New Orleans, La. (Defensive Coordinator)
2003-12 - Edna Karr High School, New Orleans, La. (Head Football Coach)
2013-15 - Louisiana Tech Assistant Coach (Running Backs)
2015 - Texas Tech Assistant Coach (Running Backs)
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