 Mike Jinks |
| Hometown |
Converse, Texas |
| College |
Angelo State, 1994 |
| PLAYING EXPERIENCE |
| Level |
School, Position |
| College |
Angelo State (1990-93) |
| COACHING EXPERIENCE |
| Year |
School, Position |
| 2022 - |
Houston, Assistant HC/Running Backs |
| 2019-21 |
USC, Running Backs |
| 2016-18 |
Bowling Green, Head Coach |
| 2015 |
Texas Tech, Associate HC/Running Backs |
| 2013-14 |
Texas Tech, Running Backs |
| 2006-12 |
Steele HS, Head Coach |
| 2005 |
Burbank HS, Head Coach |
| 2002-04 |
Robert E. Lee HS, Offensive Coordinator |
| 2001-02 |
Galena Park HS, Offensive Coordinator |
| 1999 |
Crockett HS, Offensive Coordinator |
| 1998 |
Judson HS, Quarterbacks |
| 1996-97 |
Ellison HS, Quarterbacks |
| POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE |
| Year |
Bowl, School |
| 2022 |
Independence Bowl, Houston |
| 2019 |
Holiday Bowl, USC |
| 2015 |
Texas Bowl, Texas Tech |
| 2013 |
Holiday Bowl, Texas Tech |
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• Coaching veteran Mike Jinks joined the Houston Football staff as the program's new running backs coach on Feb. 3, 2022. The 2023 season will be his second with the program.
• In 2022, three different Houston running backs recorded 100-yard rushing performances including Stacy Sneed who accomplished the feat twice in the Cougars’ final six regular season games. On Nov. 12 against Temple, Sneed gained 143 yards, the most for a Houston player since 2017 (177, Duke Catalon vs. SMU).
• Sneed, Ta’Zhawn Henry and Brandon Campbell each rushed for 300+ yards on the season. Sneed’s 6.5 rushing yards per attempt ranked 21st nationally among running backs. Campbell ranked sixth nationally in run block (73.8) and Sneed checked in at 10th (71.2) per PFF. Sneed’s 3.48 average yards after contact led all freshman running backs in Texas (min. 70 attempts) and all American Athletic Conference freshman backs. His 83.3 PFF run grade ranked third among Texas freshman backs.
• Henry played an integral role in helping Houston maintain a seventh straight Bayou Bucket with a win against Rice. Against the Cougars’ cross-town rival, Henry ran for 112 yards while recording his 20th career rushing touchdown.
• Jinks, who owns 25-plus years of coaching experience including 20 in the state of Texas, comes to Houston after spending the previous three seasons as USC's running backs coach. In 2019, USC's running backs combined rushed for nearly 1,600 yards with 16 touchdowns.
• Jinks previously served as head coach at Bowling Green, doing so from 2016-18. In his first two seasons, he produced 13 players who were named to various All-Mid-American Conference teams and 23 who made various Academic All-MAC teams (including an Academic All-American first teamer).
• He spent three seasons (2013-15) as running backs coach at Texas Tech, adding the associate head coach title in 2015. In 2014, running back DeAndre Washington became the first Red Raider to rush for 1,000 yards since 1998 (1,103).
• In 2015, Texas Tech was second in the country in total offense (579.5) and scoring offense (a school-record 45.1) while running for 191.3 yards per outing with 34 rushing touchdowns.
• Prior to Texas Tech, Jinks was the head coach at Steele High in Cibolo (Texas) for seven years (2006-12). He went 76-18 at Cibolo, including being a National Coach of the Year finalist while winning the 2010 Class 5A Division II State Championship. Steele was 43-4 in his final 3 seasons. The Knights advanced to the state finals again in 2011 and to the semifinals in 2012. He coached the West Team in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in January 2013.
• He was the head coach at Burbank High in San Antonio in 2005.
• Before that, Jinks was an assistant coach at five different high schools. He began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at Ellison High in Killeen (Texas) in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, he became the quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Judson High, in Converse (Texas). Following that, he served as offensive coordinator at Crockett High in Austin (Texas) in 1999, Galena Park (Texas) High for two seasons (2000-01) and Robert E. Lee High in San Antonio (Texas) for three years (2002-04).
• Jinks played quarterback at Judson High and then at Angelo State (1990-93), where he started for two seasons. He earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Angelo State in 1994.
