Football
Sep 27 (Sat)
2:00 pm MT
- Title:
- Tight Ends
- Phone:
- 719-333-8693
Jonathan Wallace begins his first season as tight ends coach at Air Force. He comes to the Academy from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn., where he was receivers coach and director of football operations in 2018. Wallace helped the Wildcats to a 10-1 overall record and a conference championship.
Wallace was an offensive graduate assistant coach at Auburn from 2016-17 working with quarterbacks and wide receivers during the 2017 season. He helped the Tigers to a pair of bowl games and Southeastern Conference championship game appearance in his two seasons on the staff.
Wallace lettered as a quarterback at Auburn from 2012-14 and wide receiver in 2015 during his playing career. He started at quarterback the final four games of his freshman season and set an Auburn record for quarterback efficiency (139.60) Wallace also helped Auburn to the SEC title in 2013 and was part of the national championship run when Auburn finished the season 12-1. He was selected as a team captain in 2015 and earned the Unsung Hero Award. In addition, he was a selected as a member of the All-State Good Hands team.
A native of Phenix City, Ala., Wallace helped lead Central High School to a 12-2 record and the 6A AHSAA semifinals as a senior. He graduated from Auburn with a bachelor’s in physical education in 2015 and a master’s in adult education in 2017. He is married to Ashley Kotero, a former Auburn soccer student-athlete and former member of the Mexico national soccer team.
