Justin Mullgrav begins his first season in 2021 as EWU's new linebackers coach. He takes over for Justin Ena, who filled the position on an interim basis for the 2020-21 winter/spring season.
In his first season, Mullgrav coached a pair of linebackers in Jack Sendelbach (third-team) and Ty Graham (honorable mention) to All-Big Sky honors. The duo led the Eagles in tackles, with Graham racking up 120, plus a defensive touchdown, and Sendelbach contributing 95. Cale Lindsay added 45, and Graham ranked 32nd nationally with 9.2 tackles per game.
Mullgrav has spent the past two season as a graduate assistant coach at Utah, assisting the defensive staff for the Utes. He joined the program in 2019 from Fort Scott Community College where he coached the linebackers for one season. Prior to that he spent one year as linebackers coach at ASA College Miami.
In 2016, Mullgrav had a brief stint in the NFL with the player personnel department for the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he served as a scouting intern. In that role he assisted the scouting staff in generating scouting reports on both collegiate and professional players through extensive film review.
A native of Old Bridge, N.J., Mullgrav was an outstanding linebacker from 2012-14 at South Carolina State, where he guided the Bulldogs to two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles and a pair of appearances in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs. A criminal justice major, Mullgrav earned his degree from SCSU in 2015 and earned his master’s degree from the University of Miami in 2016.
His last name is pronounced “mull-grave.”
