Jared Keyte

Biography

Alma Mater: Utica '12 Season at Massachusetts: First Jared Keyte comes to Amherst in January 2025 after spending the past two seasons on Joe Harasymiak’s staff at Rutgers, serving as the nickels coach for the 2024 season and as the defensive quality control/interim defensive line coach in 2023. Keyte also coached at the University of Maine from 2016-22, most recently serving as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2022. While with Maine, Keyte helped coach 10 All-CAA Conference players and two All-Americans. With the Black Bears under Harasymiak, Keyte was the outside linebackers coach (2016-18). He helped Maine to the 2018 CAA Championship with a 7-1 conference record. Maine then advanced to the first Football Championship Subdivision national semifinal game in program history and finished the year with a 10-4 overall record. Keyte assisted in coaching the No. 1 rush defense in the FCS during Maine's CAA Championshio and final four run. At Maine, Keyte spent time as the special teams coordinator (2018-21) and also served as the safeties coach (2019-21). As the program’s special team’s coordinator in 2021, Keyte helped the Black Bears’ special teams unit to numerous top rankings, both in the conference and nationally. Maine led the CAA and ranked third nationally in blocked kicks, ranked second in the CAA and fifth nationally in kickoff return average and checked in at third in the conference in punt coverage. In 2018, Keyte directed and implemented all phases o