Jules Montinar is in his first season as a graduate assistant. He joined the Boilermakers from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, where he spent the 2010 season as the defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coach.
From 2007-09, he served as the defensive graduate assistant coach at his Alma Mater, Eastern Kentucky. He worked with linebackers and defensive ends and organized scouting reports for the Colonels.
He won an Ohio Valley Conference title as a player in 2007 and as a coach in 2008, and participated in two Gator Bowls as a member of the West Virginia football team.
Montinar earned both a bachelor's and master's degree from Eastern Kentucky in sports management.