Coach Jason Onyebuagu took over as offensive line coach of the Golden Lions in the Spring of 2019.
He spent the previous three seasons on coaching staffs at Syracuse University (2013) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011-12) as an assistant offensive line coach and offensive graduate assistant. His Syracuse stint ended with a win in the Texas Bowl, while the Tar Heels played in the 2011 Independence Bowl during his first year at North Carolina.
He started his coaching career in 2010 as an assistant offensive line coach at his alma-mater Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Ind.
As a player at Warren Central High School, Onyebuagu was part of three consecutive state championships from 2003-05, being named first-team all-conference in each of those seasons. As a high school senior in 2005, he was tagged as Indiana’s Mr. Football for Offensive Linemen.
Onyebuagu was a standout offensive lineman at Northern Illinois University, where he played in all 51 games during his career (2006-09), including three bowl game appearances. As a senior captain and member of the team’s Leadership Council in 2009, he earned first team all-Mid-American Conference honors as part of the conference’s top rushing offense. He garnered second-team all-MAC recognition in both 2007 and 2008.
He graduated from Northern Illinois in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies.
In 2010, he was invited to training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars and played for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League in 2011.
