Fresno State Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (Defensive Line)
- Email:
- jamarcain@csufresno.edu
- Phone:
- 559-278-3015
Last updated: Aug. 15, 2018
Jamar Cain enters his second season as the Bulldogs’ assistant coach for the defensive line.
Cain made an immediate impact in his first season, turning the 123rd-ranked rushing defense in 2016 (247.4 ypg) into one that ranked 11th in 2017 (113.4 ypg). Ranking third in the league in tackles for loss per game with 6.4, the team’s top three in TFLs were part of his line. Converted ends, Robert Stanley and Tobenna Okeke led the Bulldogs with 11.5 and 11.0. Okeke earned All-Mountain West honors after leading the ‘Dogs in sacks (6.0) and forced fumbles (3).
Cain coached the previous three seasons at North Dakota State. He was part of NDSU’s fourth and fifth straight FCS national championships in 2014 and 2015, and the team’s sixth consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference title in 2016.
Cain helped in developing 2014 Buck Buchanan Award winner (best defensive player in the FCS) and consensus All-American Kyle Emanuel, who had 19.5 sacks and 32.5 tackles for a loss his senior year and was a fifth round NFL draft pick. He also coached All-American Greg Menard, a nominee for the 2016 Buck Buchanan Award.
Prior to NDSU, Cain was an assistant coach for defensive lines at Wyoming (2013), Cal Poly (2009-12), and Missouri State (2006-08). While coaching for the Cowboys, Cain was elevated to interim defensive coordinator under head coach Dave Christensen eight games into the season.
Cain was a defensive graduate assistant on Frank Solich’s staff at Ohio in 2005, and was the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Sacramento City College in 2004.
Cain graduated from New Mexico State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in family consumer sciences. He and his wife, DeCarla, have two children, Cosby and Cali.
