Re'quan Boyette - Football Coach - East Carolina University Athletics

Re'quan Boyette

Title:
Assistant Coach - Running Backs
Email:
boyettem22@ecu.edu
Phone:
(252) 737-4570

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Re'quan Boyette is in his second year on the East Carolina football staff a position he began on January, 13, 2022 ...
Currently serves as the running back coach after working as the outside receivers coach during the 2022 campaign ...
Owns an 11-year collegiate coaching career, which includes a nine-season full-time assignment at Atlantic Coast Conference member Duke where he helped lead the Blue Devils to five bowl appearances and a league division crown ...
In his initial season with the Pirates, mentored a group of outside receivers that tallied 134 receptions for 1,689 yards (12.6 ypc) with 10 touchdowns …
His group helped the Pirates rank among the NCAA leaders in passing offense (16th/290.5), total offense (23rd/461.1), pass efficiency (28th/149.29) and scoring offense (35th/32/5) …
Graduate transfer Isaiah Winstead was one of two players on the squad to register 1,000 receiving yards (other: C.J. Johnson/1,016) … He hauled in 88 passes for 1,085 yards with a team second-best six touchdowns on his way to AAC Honorable Mention accolades …
Winstead established career best numbers in receptions (11 for 143 yards vs. Navy) and tied his career-high with two TD receptions in a 53-29 win over Coastal Carolina in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl … He recorded three 100-yard receiving games and hauled in five or more passes in 12 of 13 contests … Participated in the College Gridiron Classic game after the Birmingham Bowl …
Senior transfer Jaylen Johnson caught 26 passes for 340 yards (13.1 ypc) with four scores … Hauled down a personal-best nine receptions for a career-high 93 yards against Old Dominion … His career-long reception of 38 yards for a score came with 1:11 left at Temple in the fourth propelling ECU to a 49-46 victory …
A former two-time Duke captain, Boyette joined his alma mater's staff prior to the 2012 season as a graduate assistant before being appointed running backs coach in February of 2013 …
Was running backs coach for eight seasons before earning a promotion to co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach by then-head coach David Cutcliffe in 2021 …
Part of a Duke program that advanced to the Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in 2013 and the Hyundai Sun Bowl in 2014 before capturing postseason titles in the Pinstripe Bowl (2015), the Quick Lane Bowl (2017) and Walk-On's Independence Bowl (2018) …
Under Boyette's guidance, the Blue Devils featured a pair of 700-yard receivers during the 2021 season in Jake Bobo and Jalon Calhoun, and six pass-catchers who averaged more than 10 yards per reception …
He coached a dynamic duo in Mataeo Durant and Deon Jackson in 2020, a twosome who become the fourth pair of running backs to eclipse the 600-yard mark on the ground during the same season after accumulating 817 and 682 yards, respectively …
Jackson, under four years of mentorship from Boyette, wrapped up his career having rushed 526 times for 2,267 yards with 18 touchdowns, caught 61 passes for 534 yards and four touchdowns, and returned 28 kickoffs for 611 yards to earn All-ACC accolades …
Among Boyette's other notable highlights was Duke's rushing attack in 2015 when the Blue Devils ranked fifth in the ACC in ground yards per game (192.9), the team’s highest average since 1977. Duke joined Clemson and North Carolina as the only squads in the league to rank among the conference’s top five in rushing offense, passing offense, total offense and scoring offense …
To cap the 2015 campaign, both Duncan (13-109) and Wilson (85-yard TD rush) earned spots on the ESPN All-Bowl Team following their performances in Duke’s 44-41 overtime victory over Indiana in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium …
Boyette's first unit in 2013 played a pivotal role helping Duke rank among ACC leaders in scoring (5th/32.8 ppg), total offense (4th/426.1 ypg), rushing offense (5th/178.0 ypg) and passing offense (6th/248.1 ypg) …
On its way to the ’13 ACC Coastal Division championship, the Blue Devils established a school record for total points (459) while becoming the first team in school history to post 25-plus rushing touchdowns and 25-plus passing touchdowns in the same season …
As a graduate assistant coach in 2012, he was a part of a Blue Devil offensive staff that guided the Blue Devils to a then school single-season record 410 points as it reached a bowl game for the first time since 1994 …
In all, Boyette developed and coached three players who went on to NFL careers - Juwan Thompson (Denver), Shaun Wilson (Tampa Bay) and Deon Jackson (Indianapolis) …
Was part of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 30 Under 30 inaugural selection for the Coaches' Leadership Institute in 2015 and currently serves on the organization's Technical Manual Committee …
An eastern North Carolina native from Wilson, Boyette lettered five seasons (2005-09) as a running back at Duke and served as team captain in both 2008 and 2009 …
He rushed 314 times for 1,202 yards and five touchdowns in his career and became the 37th player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark on the ground. Boyette twice led the Blue Devils in rushing, in 2006 and 2007, and in addition, caught 47 career passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns …
Boyette was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team and represented Duke at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La., on January 2, 2009 and was a two-time AAC Academic Honor Roll selection …
Martinez Re'quan (RAY-kwan) Boyette, who graduated from Duke in 2009 with a degree in sociology, is married to the former Khristen Dial of Johnson City, Tenn., and they have two children - daughter Makenna and son Mathias …
Age 37 (November 16).