JEFF LOVE
“A PRODUCTIVE COACH, MENTOR, AND PROFESSIONAL WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPERIENCED, POISED, AND PASSIONATE.”
"I am an educator. I come from a family of educators, and I learned at a very young age that the measure of a good teacher is one’s ability to process and relay necessary information with a heightened sense of urgency to allow the student to achieve an objective." ~Jeff Love
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
2023
In January of 2023, Jeff Love was named Director of Player Personnel by Florida Atlantic's newly appointed Head Football Coach Tom Herman. With his long running connections in his home state of Florida, as well having been a head high school coach in Florida, Love and his personnel/recruiting staff are charged with identifying and recruiting the top talent to Boca Raton in order to build a championship roster.
Tom Herman, arguably the hottest name in all of college football in the 2022-2023 coaching cycle, has won 71% of his games as a head coach, including going undefeated in 5 bowl games, 22-4 at Houston, and 32-18 at Texas. Prior to being a head coach in 2014, he won the Broyles award as the nation's top assistant coach when he coordinated the Ohio State offense to a National Championship.
The University of the Cumberlands
2022
In March of 2022, first year Head Coach Shan Housekeeper hired Coach Love as the Tight Ends and Running Backs Coach at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, KY. In addition to being a position coach, Love also coordinates the Punt Block Unit and serves as the Recruiting Coordinator.
The Patriots compete in NAIA's Mid-South Conference, nationally recognized as one of the top leagues in the country, with the likes of Georgetown, Lindsey Wilson, Bethel, and others.
In 10 games during the 2022 Fall, Coach Love's Punt Block Unit set school records for punts blocked in a season (7) & scoop/score TDs off punt blocks in a season (3).
riverdale
high school
2021
Associate Head Coach
offensive Coordinator
In March of 2021, Jeff Love was hired at Riverdale High school, in fort Myers, FL.
In the classroom, Love taught research theory & Critical thinking.
Led by Head Coach James Delgado and with over 2,300 students at the high school, the Riverdale Raiders are the second largest school in Lee County and compete in Florida's 7A classification.
After having been a player or an assistant for all three of Apopka's state titles, James Delgado has now built one of the top cultures in all of Florida. 2021 WAS Delgado's 5th fall at Riverdale.
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
OASIS HIGH SCHOOL
2020
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
In May of 2020, Jeff Love was hired as Head Football Coach of the Sharks at Oasis High School. Located 25 miles south of his hometown on the beautiful Southwest coast Florida, the Sharks began their 4th year of 11-man football in 2020, competing in Florida's 3A classification.
Love also taught a Leadership class, emphasizing on life skills.
Through 7 weeks of the season, quarterback Toby Kellner (2021 graduate - Iowa Western), one of 6 seniors on the entire Oasis roster, lead the state of Florida, all classifications, in total yards of offense.
SANTA MARGARITA HIGH SCHOOL
2019
Assistant Head Coach - Quarterbacks
While at Santa Margarita, Love coached the quarterbacks, helping develop 3-star prospect Colt Fulton (offers from Yale, Bucknell, and Northern Colorado), as well as coordinated all operations for the Eagle Football program including purchasing, fundraising, travel, video, and booster club. With the power of social media and his national connections, Love helped the recruiting efforts for Class of 2020 athletes Nick Barcelos (Nevada), Greg Doyle (Utah), Mark Ard (Dixie State), Tyler Hartigan (Chapman), and Jason Schillig (Chicago). Love also helped with the exposure of Class of 2021 athletes: QB-Colt Fulton (Boise State), DL-Derek Wilkins (Cal), DL-Maurice Heims (Washington), LB-Drew Sullick (Cal-Poly), LB-Anthony Comestro (Marist), OL-Roman Sergi (Wheaton), among others. The Eagles compete in the Trinity League, widely known as one of the most competitive conferences of high school football in both California and in the United States.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
2016-2018
QUARTERBACKS COACH
On October 10th, 2018, during the bye week prior to Game #7, Jeff Love became the first video director in College Football history to be promoted to assistant coach in the middle of the season. Love was elevated to train the Quarterbacks for the Jayhawks.
The 2018 Kansas quarterbacks threw only 4 interceptions in 392 pass attempts during their 12 games. This statistic ranked 3rd in the nation that year, trailing only triple-option teams Georgia Southern and Army.
KANSAS 27 - TCU 26
OCTOBER 27, 2018
In just Love’s second game coaching the Kansas offense, the Jayhawks defeated Gary Patterson's Horned Frogs, 27-26. The win marked the first Kansas victory in the month of October since 2009 and the first Big XII victory since November of 2016. The Jayhawks converted on 10 of 17 third downs versus TCU and quarterback Peyton Bender completed 19 of 29 passes for 249 yards, with 2 TDs, and 0 INTs.
For his efforts, Bender was the Pro Football Focus Big XII Quarterback of the week.
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL TECHNOLOGY
Love was hired in the summer of 2016 to handle all aspects of football video and research analysis for the Kansas Jayhawks.
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Jeff Love was a member of the 2012 initial coaching staff assembled by Head Coach Vic Shealy (the 1999 National Coach of the Year) at Houston Baptist University (Now named Houston Christian University). The group was tasked with starting a Division 1 program from inception, set to compete in the Southland Conference, one of the toughest FCS conferences in the country.
Love would go on to coach 3 different positions at HBU from July of 2012 to July of 2016. He successfully recruited and signed prospective student-athletes to HBU from high schools in Houston, Dallas, East Texas, and Florida, as well as Junior Colleges in California, Texas, Kansas, and Arizona
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
QUARTERBACKS COACH
Upon the conclusion of the 2015 fall, Love was promoted to coach the quarterbacks.
WIDE RECEIVERS COACH
For three seasons, from 2013-2015, Love mentored the Wide Receivers and coordinated the Punt Return unit.
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
2011
Love starting his coaching career in the summer of 2011. Brought to California by record-setting Head Coach Dale Widolff, Love served as the secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Occidental College, a Division III school in Los Angeles.
#11 - AYRTON BATES
2011 1ST TEAM ALL-SCIAC
Under Love's guidance, Bates led the Tiger defense with 55 Tackles, 5 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles in only 9 games. For his efforts, Bates was a unanimous 1st-team, all-conference selection.
2011 OCCIDENTAL DEFENSE
In just 9 games, the Tigers led the SCIAC in turnovers created (27), interceptions (15), Red Zone interceptions (6), fumbles recovered (12), & fewest TDs allowed (11).
THE EARLY YEARS
20008-2010
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FOOTBALL VIDEO COORDINATOR
In June of 2008, Jeff Love was hired at Kansas by the 2007 consensus National Coach of the Year, Mark Mangino, at the age of 25. At the time, Love was the youngest video coordinator at a Power-5 school.
2007
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
ATHLETICS VIDEO COORDINATOR
Love was brought to Reno by Hall of Fame coach Chris Ault in February of 2007. At the age of 23, he was the youngest video coordinator in all of college football.
2005-2006
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
FOOTBALL VIDEO ASSISTANT
Love studied under video coordinator Kevin Night Pipe, a two-time Pac-12 Video Coordinator of the Year.
2001-2003
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNDERGRADUATE FOOTBALL VIDEO ASSISTANT
Love served as both a camera man and a data analyst, shooting and breaking down practice and game tape for the Golden Knights as a student.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
GRADUATED 2006
CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATED 2001
PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS / FRIENDSHIPS
WAYNE SIMIEN
Wayne Simien, an NBA Champion, 2-time NCAA All-American, and consensus BigXII player of the year, is a close friend of Coach Love's. The two worked together at Kansas for three years and both share a passion for empowering others to see potential above their own belief. Love and Simien still connect regularly to discuss how best to serve our industry, from a religious and mentoring standpoint.
DAVID GRAFF + MATT MUELLER, HUDL
David Graff (left) and Matt Mueller (right) met Coach Love at a convention back in the Spring of 2007. After developing a like-minded friendship, the three spent a few days picking many brains before going on their way. Turns out, Graff and Mueller were in the midst of creating HUDL.
Now, Graff, the CEO at HUDL, and Mueller, the COO at HUDL, essentially run the sports tech world as it relates to breaking down and distributing video. Their clients range from teams in college, to the NBA, to the English Premier League, to the Australian Rugby League and beyond.
KYLE LANE, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
In the summer of 2016, when Love was hired back to the University of Kansas as the Director of Football Technology, he quickly conducted interviews to fill his vacant video assistant position. During the process, Love came across Kyle Lane. Lane was working at Columbia University in New York where, at the time, the bus ticket to his office cost more than what Lane made in a day. After interviewing over 20 candidates, Love felt compelled to hire Kyle Lane based on his passion for people, his love for football, and, most importantly, his drive to be the best.
Lane moved to Lawrence, KS in August of 2016, and then after working with Coach Love for less than four short months, Kyle Lane was named the Video Director at Temple University for Coach Geoff Collins in December of 2016. Lane remained at Temple for two seasons, until the spring of 2019, when he was hired as the Director of Football Technology at Mississippi State University. After two years at State, prior to the 2021 fall, Kyle Lane was named the Football Video Coordinator at the University of Georgia. 10 months later the Bulldogs won the National Title!
Kyle Lane, Coach Love, and their families keep in close touch.
LEAH KNIGHT, SELECT SPORTS GROUP, LLC
Leah Knight and Coach Love met when Love was on an interview back in 2014 at the University of South Florida and the two have stayed in contact. At the time, Knight was the On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator for Willie Taggart and the USF Bulls. Knight would move up the ranks quickly, becoming the Director of Football Recruitment at Alabama for Coach Nick Saban and the Director of Recruiting at Texas A&M for Coach Jimbo Fisher.
Leah is now the Executive Director of Client Development at Select Sports Group, a full-service athlete and entertainment representation firm with offices in Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
GIFFORD LINDHEIM, EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Coach Gifford Lindheim and Coach Love lived and worked together in Reno for the 2007 season. Love then moved onto Kansas and Lindheim moved back to Los Angeles. The two remained close, as Lindheim would eventually be a groomsman in Love's wedding.
Prior to the 2011 season, Coach Lindheim took over as the Head Football Coach for the program at Santa Monica College (a Junior College in Los Angeles). The Zen Master, as he's known, inherited a team that had won just 6 conference games in 3 years. After a 5-5 first year and a 9-2 second year, the eternal optimist Lindheim would go on to win 38 CONFERENCE GAMES IN A ROW at Santa Monica. He was then hired at El Camino College, where he currently serves as the Head Football Coach for the Warriors, in one of the toughest conferences of Junior College football in America.
MIKE ROLIH, GOROUT
In the Spring of 2017, Love was approached about a new company called GoRout and their CEO was a former baseball player and sports fanatic named Mike Rolih (pictured middle). Rolih developed the GoRout system; a wearable, data driven, electronic device that synced to a cloud and allowed for a digitized scout card to be on a player's body instead of in a binder for practice effciency. Love and the Jayhawks became the first members of the BigXII to purchase the product, and there was an immediate difference in the way the team practiced and ultimately how they performed.
When Love left Kansas in December of 2018, Mike Rolih approached Coach Love about a position with GoRout and eventually Rolih hired him. For two short months, prior to returning to coaching, Love helped Rolih and GoRout Director of Sales Joe Furco (pictured left) establish connections throughout the NCAA, the NFL, and several major high schools in Texas, Florida, and California.
Mike Rolih's invention is nothing short of genius, and GoRout's ability to eliminate the use of scout cards has completely changed the way coaches prepare for and execute practice plans.
EMPLOYED BY THE BEST
CHRIS AULT
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
2002 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee
Inventor of the Pistol Offense
MARK MANGINO
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
2008 Orange Bowl Champion
2007 National Coach of the Year
2000 Broyles Award, Nation's top assistant
DALE WIDOLFF
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
Won a record 11 SCIAC Championships
178 victories, 2nd all-time in SCIAC
VIC SHEALY
DAVID BEATY
BRENT VIESELMEYER
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SANTA MARGARITA HIGH SCHOOL
1998 National Champion
1998 National Coach of the Year
Created the education curriculum that is the new standard for Player Development in College Football.
5-Time High School State Champion
3-Time Colorado Coach of the Year
Winningest Coach in Colorado History
Current DB Coach of the Washington Commanders in the NFL
EDUCATION IS PRIORITY
RECRUIT THE TRANSCRIPT
THE 2018 KANSAS QUARTERBACKS HAD THE HIGHEST GPA OF ANY OFFENSIVE UNIT
UNDER COACH LOVE'S GUIDANCE, TWO HBU RECEIVERS ENDED UP ON THE 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL FOR MAINTAINING A 4.0 GPA IN SEASON
THE 2012 OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE RECRUITING CLASS, COORDINATED BY COACH LOVE, HAD AN AVERAGE ACT SCORE OF 27!
COMPUTER / TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCES - RECRUITING
2021
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FCA TEAM CAMP
2017 - 2018
DAVID BEATY FOOTBALL CAMPS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
2013 - 2016
HUSKY FOOTBALL CAMPS
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
2015
USA FOOTBALL REGIONAL CAMP
HOUSTON, TX
2014
SPLIT SEAWOLVES - AMERICAN FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT CAMP
SPLIT, CROATIA
2013
MACK BROWN FOOTBALL CAMPS
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
2013
DAVID BAILIFF FOOTBALL CAMPS
RICE UNIVERSITY
2012
TIGER SKILLS CAMP
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
2012
CHRIS AULT TEAM CAMP
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
FAMILY
Love and his wife Antoinette have been married for 13 years.
They have two boys; Cameron Robert (9) & Anthony Niko (7)
