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After coaching cornerbacks for the past three years, Jason Washington is in his first season as a secondary coach at Texas State. Washington is in his seventh season overall at Texas State  after rejoining the Bobcats’ coaching staff in 2011.

Last season, Craig Mager was named an All-Sun Belt Conference Third-Team selection by College Sports Madness after ranking eighth among league leaders with nine passes defended after breaking up nine passes.

In 2012, Darryl Morris was named a Second-Team All-WAC selection after he was tied for 23rd nationally and fourth among WAC leaders with four interceptions and finished ninth among league leaders with nine passes defended. He also was fourth among Bobcat leaders with 61 tackles. In addition, Mager also tied Morris for fourth among WAC leaders with four interceptions and was fourth with 12 passes defended.

Washington also coaches the punt return team on special teams. The Bobcats led the SBC in punt returns after Andy Erickson returned 20 punts for 284 yards. In 2012, Mager set a school record for the longest punt return in school history with 79 yards versus New Mexico State.  Andy Erickson also ranked second nationally in punt returns with 16.7 yards per return.

In 2011, Morris and Mager combined to intercept two passes and break up 18 others. Morris also ranked second among team leaders in tackles with 62 and recorded three quarterback sacks. He also returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown.

Washington rejoined the Bobcats in 2011 after spending four years in the same capacity at Rice, where he coached five All-Conference USA defensive backs and one member of the 2009 C-USA All-Freshman team while at Rice. Washington went to Rice after serving as the cornerbacks coach at Texas State for three seasons.

During his third season, he produced the Southland Conference leader in interceptions, Walter Musgrove, who was a two-time All-Southland Conference pick, SLC Student-Athlete of the Year, National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete and a FCS ADA Academic All-Star.

He also coached two other All-SLC defensive backs in each of his first two seasons as a coach.    

Prior to joining Texas State’s coaching staff, Washington was a four-year letterman for the Bobcats in football and baseball. He started as a defensive back for the football team and played center field for the baseball team before graduating in 2002.

He posted a career-best 66 tackles as a senior in football, and was named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament Team and NCAA All-Regional team in 1999 after helping the Bobcats win the SLC Tournament and play in the NCAA Regional at Baylor as a member of Texas State’s baseball team.  

He came to Texas State after lettering three years as a quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back at San Antonio’s MacArthur High School.

He led the team to the regional quarterfinals with an 11-3 record as a senior while earning All-District, All-City and All-State honors.

The San Antonio area sportswriters named him the Defensive MVP in the area, and he was listed among the Top 100 players in Texas.    

Washington earned a bachelor’s degree in 2002 and a master’s degree in sports administration in 2004 at Texas State. In 2009, he spent a week with the Minnesota Vikings coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship program that has produced three current NFL head coaches.    

He and his wife, Lacey, have a son, Jaxson.