Doug Kay
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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 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
Kay's coaching career began in 1960 at his alma mater, Western Illinois University, as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach. In 1961, Kay took over at Deerfield High School in Illinois, and coached there through the 1966 season; he was replaced by 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 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.[1][2] A 3–13 season in 2008 led to his dismissal.[3] He later became an assistant for the Storm, where he was working when the league folded in 2017.
Head coaching record
College
Template:CFB Yearly Record Start Template:CFB Yearly Record Subhead Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry Template:CFB Yearly Record Subtotal Template:CFB Yearly Record End
AFL
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| CHA | Template:AFL Year | 5 | 7 | Template:Winpct | 2nd in NC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CAR | Template:AFL Year | 3 | 11 | Template:Winpct | 5th in NC South | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CAR | Template:AFL Year | 7 | 6 | Template:Winpct | Resigned | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| CAR total | 10 | 17 | Template:Winning percentage | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
| COL | Template:AFL Year | 8 | 8 | Template:Winpct | 4th in NC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| COL | Template:AFL Year | 7 | 9 | Template:Winpct | 3rd in NC East | 3 | 1 | .750 | Lost to San Jose SaberCats in ArenaBowl XXIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| COL | Template:AFL Year | 3 | 13 | Template:Winpct | 5th in NC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| COL total | 18 | 30 | Template:Winning percentage | 3 | 1 | .750 | |||
| Total[4] | 33 | 54 | Template:Winpct | 3 | 1 | Template:Winpct | |||
References
External links
Template:Olivet Comets football coach navbox Template:Charlotte Rage Template:Carolina Cobras Template:Columbus Destroyers Template:ArenaBowl VII Template:ArenaBowl XI
- Pages with script errors
- Infobox college coach articles with small text
- Pages with broken file links
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- American football defensive backs
- American football punters
- American football quarterbacks
- American football tight ends
- Carolina Cobras coaches
- Charlotte Rage coaches
- Columbus Destroyers coaches
- Arizona Rattlers coaches
- Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football coaches
- NFL Europe (WLAF) coaches
- Olivet Comets football coaches
- San Jose State Spartans football coaches
- Tampa Bay Storm coaches
- UCLA Bruins football coaches
- Portland Breakers coaches
- Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches
- Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
- Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball players
- High school football coaches in Illinois
- Indiana State University alumni
- United States Army soldiers
- Players of American football from Chicago
- Tampa Bay Bandits coaches