• Jemal Singleton joined the Oklahoma State staff in February of 2011.
• With Singleton on staff, Oklahoma State led the Big 12 and ranked second nationally in both scoring offense and passing offense in 2011. The Cowboys ranked third in the country in total offense. The Cowboys scored more than 50 points six times and broke the 60-point mark in three contests.
• Singleton coached Joseph Randle to a spot on the Associated Press first-team All-Big 12 squad in 2011 after Randle ranked fourth nationally in touchdowns scored and was fourth in both rushing touchdowns and scoring per game.
• Singleton coached the Cowboy running backs to 10 100-yard games in 2011, with Randle accounting for six and both Jeremy Smith and Herschel Sims tacking on an additional two, respectively. Both Randle (151 yards and two touchdowns) and Smith (119 yards and two touchdowns) eclipsed the 100-yard mark in Oklahoma State's Big 12 championship-clinching win over Oklahoma.
• A 1999 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Singleton served in multiple capacities at his alma mater from 2000-10, earning a full-time varsity coaching appointment in 2006.
• Singleton served as the Falcons' running backs coach from 2006-10 and held the title of running game coordinator from 2007-10. During his tenure, Air Force won the conference rushing title and ranked in the top 10 nationally each season.
• In 2010, the Falcons ranked second in the country with 306.5 rushing yards per game. Asher Clark became the 13th player in the program's history to reach 1,000 yards with 1,031. He averaged 79.3 yards per game and Jared Tew delivered 74.9 yards per game in eight contests. The team's 3,985 rushing yards marked the second-best total in Mountain West Conference history and the team's 41 rushing touchdowns shared a MWC record.
• Clark (2008) and Tew (2009) both secured outstanding player honors at the Armed Forces Bowl under Singleton's guidance.
• Along with Clark and Tew, Singleton also mentored 2008 graduate Chad Hall into one of the most explosive running backs in the nation. Hall was a third-team All-American in 2007 and was the conference offensive player of the year after rushing for a conference-best 1,478 yards, which is the second-best single-season effort in school history.
• Singleton developed a young group of running backs that helped Air Force rank third nationally with a 283.5 yards-per-game average in 2009.
• In Singleton's first year as running backs coach, he helped dramatically decrease Air Force's number of fumbles. In 2005, the Falcons had 28 fumbles. However, with Singleton coaching the Air Force backs in 2006, the Falcons had just 19 fumbles, an average of nearly one less fumble per game.
• Singleton is a 1999 graduate of the Academy where he earned his bachelor's degree in social sciences. He played running back for the Falcons from 1995-98.
• A co-captain of the 1998 squad, Singleton was a three-year letterwinner at halfback and was an honorable mention all-Western Athletic Conference selection his senior year.
• While at the Academy, Singleton helped lead the school to new heights. The team won 10 or more games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history during his junior and senior campaigns.
• The 1997 team went 10-3 while the 1998 squad went 12-1 and won the school's first outright conference title.
• Singleton began his Air Force and coaching career at the USAFA Prep School in 2000. He served as an instructor and assistant head coach/offensive coordinator. Singleton was then stationed at Little Rock AFB in Jacksonville, Ark., from January 2001 to January 2003 as a public affairs officer. He returned to the Academy in the spring of 2003 and served as the executive officer for the athletic director before taking over as the junior varsity defensive coordinator and varsity assistant coach.
• The son of a retired Air Force sergeant, Singleton was born in Incirlik, Turkey. He graduated from Taft High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was a three-year letterman and all-state honoree. He was also the district most valuable player as a senior and was coached by the late Mike Haynes.
PERSONAL
• Singleton and his wife, Jennifer, have one daughter, Morgan.
Year By Year 2011Oklahoma StateRunning Backs 2006-10Air ForceRunning Backs, Running Game Coordinator from 2007-10 2003-05 Air Force Varsity Assistant 2000-01Air ForcePrep School Assistant
