Bryan McGinnis

After more than a decade at Colorado, Bryan McGinnis joined ths Sun Devil staff in spring of 2023. McGinnis originally joined then-head coach Mike MacIntyre’s new Buffalo staff on January 2, 2013.  When Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell retained him in the same role following MacIntyre, he became the first to serve two head coaches (and then three) as their operations director at CU since the position was created in 1988. In his position he coordinated many facets for the football program, including team travel arrangements, itineraries and scheduling.   McGinnis had served in the same capacity under MacIntyre for two seasons at San Jose State University, and thus accepted the invitation to follow him to Boulder.  A life-long resident of the San Francisco Bay area, his time in Colorado marked the first time he lived outside of northern California.   Prior to being promoted to being in charge of San Jose State’s football operations, he spent six years on the Spartans’ coaching staff, working a variety of positions as an operations assistant in recruiting, equipment and video services.  He also was a student assistant working with the defense, the linebackers in particular, the 2005 through 2007 seasons, and then switched sides, working as a graduate assistant on offense (running backs) for the 2008 and 2010 season; in-between, in 2009 he was the staff’s operations assistant.   At San Jose, he was on the staffs of two teams that earned bowl invitations: the Spartans defeated New Mexico, 20-12, in the 2006 New Mexico Bowl (their first bowl since 1990) and beat Bowling Green, 29-20, in the 2012 Military Bowl.  Those are the only two bowl games SJSU has ever played outside the state of California.   McGinnis played wide receiver for two years (2000-01) at Cabrillo College in Aptos, and then got into coaching, beginning his career at his alma mater, Harbor High School, where he spent two years as the school’s offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.  In 2003, he joined the San Francisco 49ers staff as an intern in the player personnel department.   He then returned to school to finish his degree, graduating from San Jose State with Bachelor’s in Kinesiology in 2007. While working with football, he took several graduate courses in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Management. He was born June 22, 1981 in Santa Cruz, Calif., and graduated from its Harbor High School where he lettered in football and track. He is a certified speed training coach by SAC (Speed, Agility & Conditioning USA/Canada). He is married to the former Vrinda Murphy, who is a Special Education Manager for local schools; the couple has two daughters, Emily Margaret and Madeline Grace and one son, Jacob Thomas.