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{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Doug Kay
| image = Doug Kay 4 22 17 (cropped).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Kay in 2017
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* [[Western Illinois University|Western Illinois]] (B.A., 1961)
* [[Indiana State University|Indiana State]] (M.S., 1966)
}}
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = ?–1959
| player_team2 = [[Western Illinois Leathernecks football|Western Illinois]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]], [[defensive back]], [[tight end]], [[Punter (football)|punter]]
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = ?–?
| player_team4 = [[Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball|Western Illinois]]
| coach_years1 = 1960
| coach_team1 = [[Western Illinois Leathernecks football|Western Illinois]] (QB/WR)
| coach_years2 = 1961–1966
| coach_team2 = [[Deerfield High School (Illinois)|Deerfield HS (IL)]]
| coach_years3 = 1967–1969
| coach_team3 = [[Indiana State Sycamores football|Indiana State]] ([[Defensive coordinator|DC]])
| coach_years4 = 1971–1975
| coach_team4 = [[Olivet Comets football|Olivet]]
| coach_years5 = 1976
| coach_team5 = [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]])
| coach_years6 = 1977–1979
| coach_team6 = [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] (DL/LB)
| coach_years7 = 1980–1982
| coach_team7 = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]] (AHC/DC)
| coach_years8 = 1983-1985
| coach_team8 = [[Portland Breakers]]
| coach_years9 = 1986
| coach_team9 = [[Tampa Bay Bandits]]
| coach_years10 = 1991
| coach_team10 = [[Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks]] (DC)
| coach_years11 = 1993–1994
| coach_team11 = [[Tampa Bay Storm]] (DC)
| coach_years12 = 1995
| coach_team12 = [[Charlotte Rage]]
| coach_years13 = 1997
| coach_team13 = [[Arizona Rattlers]] (Assistant)
| coach_years14 = 2000–2001
| coach_team14 = [[Carolina Cobras]]
| coach_years15 = 2002
| coach_team15 = [[Tampa Bay Storm]] (Asst)
| coach_years16 = 2006–2008
| coach_team16 = [[Columbus Destroyers]]
| coach_years17 = 2013–2014, 2017
| coach_team17 = [[Tampa Bay Storm]] (AHC)
| overall_record = 23–20–1 (college)<br />36–55 (AFL)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 1 [[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association|MIAA]] (1974) <br>2  [[ArenaBowl]] ([[ArenaBowl VII|1993]], [[ArenaBowl XI|1997]])
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}

'''Doug Kay''' is a retired [[American football]] coach who was most recently assistant head coach for the [[Tampa Bay Storm]] of the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL), which league ceased operations after the 2017 season. He has more than 55 years of football experience, including 12 seasons in the AFL. He was the head coach of the [[Charlotte Rage]], [[Carolina Cobras]] and [[Columbus Destroyers]]. He was also the head football coach at [[Olivet College]] from 1971 to 1975.

==College career==
Kay played [[college football]] under the tutelage of [[Lou Saban]] as a [[quarterback]], [[defensive back]], [[tight end]] and [[Punter (American football)|punter]] at [[Western Illinois University]]. He also played baseball at Western Illinois. He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in physical education from Western Illinois in 1961.

==Coaching career==
[[File:Kay directing the Storm defense.jpg|thumb|Kay directing the Storm defense during a timeout.]]
Kay's coaching career began in 1960 at his alma mater, [[Western Illinois University]], as the [[quarterback]]s and [[wide receiver]]s coach. In 1961, Kay took over at [[Deerfield High School (Illinois)|Deerfield High School]] in Illinois, and coached there through the 1966 season; he was replaced by [[Paul Adams (American football coach)|Paul Adams]] when he decided to return to college football.

From 1967 to 1969 Kay served as the defensive coordinator at [[Indiana State University]]. Kay was then named the head coach of [[Olivet College]] in 1970. He spent the next six seasons with Olivet before taking over as the [[offensive coordinator]] at [[San José State University]] in 1976.

Kay moved to [[UCLA]] in 1977 where he was an assistant coach, working mainly with the linebackers and defensive line. In 1980, he took over at the [[University of Hawaii]] as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator for three seasons. Kay spent four seasons in the [[United States Football League]] with the [[Portland Breakers|Boston/New Orleans Breakers]] and [[Tampa Bay Bandits]].

His AFL experience began in 1993 as [[defensive coordinator]] of the [[ArenaBowl VII]] champion [[Tampa Bay Storm]]. Four years later, Kay was once again defensive coordinator of a championship team, helping the [[Arizona Rattlers]] capture [[ArenaBowl XI]] in 1997.

Kay was [[head coach]] of the [[Charlotte Rage]] in 1995 and returned to Charlotte as the head coach of the [[Carolina Cobras]] in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Kay led the Cobras to their first non-losing season in their five-year franchise at a 7–7 record. He was head coach of the [[Columbus Destroyers]] from 2006 to 2008. In 2006, Kay led the Destroyers to their first non-losing season in the eight-year history of the franchise with an 8–8 record, setting franchise records for most wins and most road wins. He also tied a franchise record for most home wins with four. In 2007, despite a 7–9 regular season record, he won three playoff games and led the Destroyers to an appearance in [[ArenaBowl XXI]], where they lost to the [[San Jose SaberCats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2007/07/29/sabercats_beat_destroyers_in_arenabowl/|title=SaberCats crush Destroyers in ArenaBowl|publisher=[[Boston.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=July 29, 2007|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28657700/upstart_vs_juggernaut_in_showdown/|title=Upstart vs. juggernaut in showdown|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=July 29, 2007|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> A 3–13 season in 2008 led to his dismissal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Bill|url=https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2008/06/23/destroyers.html|title=Kay won't be back as coach of Destroyers|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|date=June 23, 2008|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> He later became an assistant for the Storm, where he was working when the league folded in 2017.

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Olivet Comets football|Olivet Comets]]
 | conf      = [[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1971
 | endyear   = 1975
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1971 NCAA College Division football season|1971]]
 | name         = Olivet
 | overall      = 3–4–1
 | conference   = 2–2–1
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1972 NCAA College Division football season|1972]]
 | name         = Olivet
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 2–3
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1973 NCAA Division III football season|1973]]
 | name         = Olivet
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1974 NCAA Division III football season|1974]]
 | name         = Olivet
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 5–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1975 NCAA Division III football season|1975]]
 | name         = Olivet
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 2–3
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Olivet
 | overall    = 23–20–1
 | confrecord = 14–10–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 23–20–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

===AFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Team !! rowspan=2|Year !! colspan=4|Regular season !! colspan=4|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-! 
! [[1995 Charlotte Rage season|CHA]] || {{AFL Year|1995}}
|| 5 || 7 || {{winpct|5|7}} || 2nd in NC East || 0 || 0 || .000 ||  
|-! 
! [[2000 Carolina Cobras season|CAR]] || {{AFL Year|2000}}
|| 3 || 11 || {{winpct|3|11}} || 5th in NC South || 0 || 0 || .000 ||  
|-! 
! [[2001 Carolina Cobras season|CAR]] || {{AFL Year|2001}}
|| 7 || 6 || {{winpct|7|6}} || Resigned || 0 || 0 || .000 || 
|-
! colspan="2"|CAR total || 10 || 17 || {{Winning percentage|10|17}} || || 0 || 0 || .000 || 
|-! 
! [[2006 Columbus Destroyers season|COL]] || {{AFL Year|2006}}
|| 8 || 8 || {{winpct|8|8|0}} || 4th in NC East || 0 || 0 || .000 || 
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
! [[2007 Columbus Destroyers season|COL]] || {{AFL Year|2007}}
|| 7 || 9 || {{winpct|7|9|0}} || '''3rd in NC East''' || 3 || 1 || .750 || {{small|'''Lost to [[San Jose SaberCats]] in [[ArenaBowl XXI]]'''}}
|-! 
! [[2008 Columbus Destroyers season|COL]] || {{AFL Year|2008}}
|| 3 || 13 || {{winpct|3|13|0}} || 5th in NC East || 0 || 0 || .000 || 
|-
! colspan="2"|COL total || 18 || 30 || {{Winning percentage|18|30}} || || 3 || 1 || .750 ||
|-
! colspan=2|Total<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=23 |title=Doug Kay Coaching Record |publisher=ArenaFan.com |access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> || 33 || 54 || {{winpct|33|54}} ||  || 3 || 1 || {{winpct|3|1}} ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=23 Doug Kay page at ArenaFan Online]
* [http://olivetcomets.com/alumni/ahof/bios/74FootballTeam 1974 Olivet Football Team Hall of Fame Induction: Class of 2016]

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