Jay McDowell was named video coordinator for the Central Michigan football program in 2010.

McDowell oversees a state-of-the-art video analysis system, DragonFly game exchange system, five student workers and the maintenance of a recruiting video database. He is in charge of the filming of all football practices and games and the production of football highlight films and graphics.

McDowell came to CMU from Southern Miss, where he spent two years as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Technology following three years as Director of Video Operations. In those roles, he was responsible for coordinating all aspects of the Golden Eagle athletic department’s video efforts, including the football and men’s and women’s basketball coaches shows, television commercials for the department and the department's electronic message board.

Prior to Southern Miss, McDowell spent five years as the Director of Video Operations at the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

While at Louisiana-Monroe, his duties included coordinating the filming of football practice, games and special events, film exchanges and highlight films. He provided team video for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, volleyball and soccer.

Prior to his tenure at Louisiana-Monroe, he served as the Assistant Director of Video Operations at the University of Colorado. McDowell also served as the Director of Video Operations at Louisiana-Monroe from 1998-2000. While there, he was awarded the Independent Video Coordinator of the Year award in 2000. He also served as Video Coordinator at McNeese State from 1996-97.

McDowell graduated from McNeese State with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications in 1997. He was a four-year letterman for the McNeese State football team, helping lead the Cowboys to the NCAA Division I-AA national championship game as a senior.

McDowell also represented McNeese State in NCAA swimming competition for four years and was an alternate in the 100 freestyle on the US Olympic team that competed in Atlanta in 1996.

McDowell and his wife Misty have a son, Dakota, and a daughter, Mia Isabel.

Postseason Experience
1997 Division I-AA National Championship Game
2005 New Orleans Bowl
2006 GMAC Bowl
2007 Papa John’s Bowl
2008 New Orleans Bowl
2009 New Orleans Bowl