Kienus P. Boulware is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Allen University, positions he has held since 2024. Boulware served as the head football coach at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 2014 to 2018, compiling a record of 35–18. He was fired from his post at Winston-Salem State in April 2019 following an altercation between two of his players.[1] Boulware played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a linebacker.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach |
| Team | Allen |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1994 | North Carolina |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | North Carolina (student assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Livingstone (LB) |
| 1999–2002 | North Carolina Central (LB) |
| 2003 | North Carolina Central (DL) |
| 2004 | North Carolina Central (LB) |
| 2005–2008 | Shaw (DC) |
| 2009–2013 | Winston-Salem State (DC) |
| 2014–2018 | Winston-Salem State |
| 2022–2023 | Alabama A&M (DC/LB) |
| 2024–present | Allen (DC/LB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–18 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 black college national (2016) 2 CIAA (2015–2016) 3 CIAA Southern Division (2014–2016) | |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem State Rams (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2014–2018) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Winston-Salem State | 9–2 | 7–0 | 1st (Southern) | 24 | ||||
| 2015 | Winston-Salem State | 6–5 | 5–2 | 1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2016 | Winston-Salem State | 9–3 | 7–0 | 1st (Southern) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2017 | Winston-Salem State | 6–4 | 4–3 | 3rd (Southern) | |||||
| 2018 | Winston-Salem State | 5–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd (Southern) | |||||
| Winston-Salem State: | 35–18 | 27–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–18 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dell, John (May 4, 2019). "Documents show Kienus Boulware's handling of fight between two players led to his firing at WSSU". Winston-Salem Journal. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Retrieved January 2, 2020.