J.R. Sandlin is Sr. Executive Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator for Jacksonville State

In this episode of the Life and Football Podcast our special guest was J. R. Sandlin. J.R. Sandlin is the Sr. Executive Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator for Jacksonville State University Football Program. Sandlin graduated from UCF in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in sports and fitness, and earned a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Alabama in 2012. Sandlin served as recruiting specialist at UCF in 2008-09. Prior to his stint at UCF, he was offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach, director of player personnel and executive football administrator at American Christian Academy from 2007-08. Sandlin joined the Notre Dame staff after serving as the director of recruiting at the University of Tennessee, and he was also on the recruiting staff at the University of Alabama. His first six seasons at JSU have seen unprecedented success for the Gamecocks. They are 58-16 and an improbable 41-6 in Ohio Valley Conference play. JSU won an OVC-record five-straight OVC titles from 2014-18.