Jackson State University

Jason Onyebuagu (pronounced on-yah-BOO-aah-ga) was named JSU co-offensive coordinator / offensive line coach in February 2023.

Onyeauagu spent the previous two seasons as tight ends coach at his alma mater, Northern Illinois. During his tenure, he spent part of the 2022 training camp with the Los Angeles Chargers as a part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship program.

Prior to returning to NIU, Onyebuagu coached the offensive line at Southeast Missouri State (2020) after his first stint in the SWAC at Arkansas Pine Bluff (2019), allowing the second-fewest sacks in the conference anchored by 2023 NFL Draft prospect Mark Evans II while helping the Golden Lions post their first winning season since 2012.
 
During his longest coaching stint at North Carolina Central, Onyebuagu worked as offensive line coach (2014), running game coordinator (2015-16) and co-offensive coordinator (2017-18) over a five-year period. He helped lead the Eagles to four-straight winning seasons (2014-17) in that stretch.

In 2016, NCCU captured the outright MEAC title, received its first national ranking as a Division I FCS program and earned a trip to the Celebration Bowl. The Eagles also defeated then-No. 9 ranked North Carolina A&T and broke the school’s single-season record for total offense with 4,614.

A native of Indianapolis, Onyebuagu began his collegiate coaching career in 2011 as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of North Carolina. In two seasons working with the Tar Heels’ offensive line, UNC earned a bid to the 2011 Independence Bowl. In 2013, Onyebuagu moved on to Syracuse where he spent the 2013 season as an offensive graduate assistant for the Orange. He was a member of a staff that led Syracuse to a berth in the 2013 Texas Bowl.

The third NIU graduate on staff, joining Hammock and defensive ends coach Travis Moore, Onyebuagu participated in all 51 games of his Huskie career. A first-team All-MAC selection in 2009 and member of former NIU head coach Jerry Kill’s Leadership Council, the Warren Central product helped lead the offensive line of the No. 1 rushing team in the league as the Huskies averaged 195.2 rushing yards per game. Onyebuagu, who also earned third-team All-MAC honors in 2008, was a member of three bowl teams during his NIU career.

Onyebuagu, who graduated from NIU in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, began his coaching career in 2010 as an assistant offensive line coach at his alma mater Warren Central High School.

Onyebuagu and his wife, Brittany, welcomed a son, Jasiir, in 2022.