JETER TAKES OVER NJCU FOOTBALL PROGRAM
JERSEY CITY, N.J.——– Arnold F. Jeter, the current associate head football coach of the Gothic Knights has been named as the ninth head football coach in New Jersey City University history, Athletic Director Larry Schiner announced today. Jeter replaces Roy Miller, a NJCU Athletic Hall-of-Famer, who resigned on December 1 after his sixth season of his second stint at the university.
“Coach Jeter has an extensive college football coaching background, including six years as associate head coach at NJCU,” Schiner said. “He has an excellent rapport with the players and works well with the athletic staff. We believe that the program will continue to develop and improve under his leadership.”
“I am blessed. God has been good to me,” Jeter commented. “I’m very excited about the opportunity. I’m very grateful to the university. The direction I feel we need to go is to establish love between the players and players, players and coaches, coaches and coaches, and that will develop trust, and from trust, respect. I think we’ve got to get continuity of the coaching staff, and retention of players.”
Jeter’s last college head coaching job was from 1967-1974 while at Delaware State, where he guided the Hornets to the top-ranked total defense in the nation. His best season was in1970, when the Hornets finished 6-2 overall.
Respected nationally because of his defense, Jeter has been involved with some of the top programs in college football since leaving Delaware State.
Jeter was the assistant football coach and outside linebackers coach at Marshall University from 1975-77. In 1977, Jeter became the defensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin, where he remained until 1986. He held the same position with the University of Arizona from 1987-1990, before moving to Rutgers University in 1990 as the associate head coach and defensive line coach, until 1993. Jeter joined NJCU in 1995.
Jeter has a long history of coaching and recruiting players who have moved on to the National Football League. While at Wisconsin, Jeter coached former Cincinnati Bengal Tim Krumrie, a 2000 finalist for the NFL Hall of Fame at defensive tackle. He also recruited Nate Odomes, who was drafted as a cornerback by Buffalo with the 29th pick of the 1987 draft and went on to play in four Super Bowls. With Arizona, Jeter recruited Anthony Smith after leaving the University of Alabama. Smith would later be the top choice of the Oakland Raiders in 1990 as a defensive end. Offensive lineman Glenn Parker and John Fina also played for Jeter at Arizona. In addition, Jeter recruited current Seattle Seahawks starting free safety Jay Bellamy to compete for him at Rutgers.
A former running back for Kent State University from 1957-1961, Jeter was second on the team in scoring in 1959. He graduated with degrees in Biology and Health and Physical Education in 1962. He and his wife, Milagros, reside in Iselin, NJ.
