Jay P. Civetti Jr. (born May 11, 1979) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Tufts University, a position he has held since the 2011 season. During his time at Tufts, Civetti helped end the school's 31-game losing streak, and he later led the team to three consecutive winning seasons. Pre-Tufts career Civetti attended Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts. Having been recruited by coach Don Miller, Civetti played college football as an offensive lineman at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 1997 to 2000. Civetti started all 32 games that Trinity played during his time there. During his first season with the Bantams, Civetti was the ECAC Rookie of the Year. During his senior season, he served as Trinity's co-captain and earned First Team All-NESCAC honors. After graduating from Trinity with an English degree in 2001, Civetti briefly pursued a career in information technology consulting. In less than a year, however, Civetti left the IT firm and accepted a job coaching football and teaching special education at Milton High School in Milton, Massachusetts. In 2003, Civetti joined the staff of Boston College football coach Tom O'Brien as a graduate assistant. Between 2003 and 2006, Civetti served as an assistant under O'Brien and earned a master's degree in education from the school in 2006. While at Boston College, Civetti helped coach quarterback Matt Ryan, a future NFL Most Valuable Player. Civetti followed O'Brien to North Carolina State University in 2007, where he served as a wide receivers coach for the team. Tufts career Civetti joined the Tufts football program in 2008 as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. In 2009 – after the conclusion of Tufts' season – Civetti returned to NC State to serve as the temporary offensive coordinator following Dana Bible's diagnosis of leukemia. During Civetti's sole game at the helm of the offense, NC State beat its biggest rival, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, 28–27. Three members of the 2009 Wolfpack team went on to play in the NFL: tight end T. J. Graham, offensive lineman Ted Larsen, and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson. Civetti was promoted to interim Tufts head coach in January 2011, replacing longtime head coach Bill Samko. On October 28, 2011, Civetti shed the interim label. The Jumbos went 0–8 in each of his first three seasons as head coach. On September 20,