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Jay Norvell

1963–

United States

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Merritt James Norvell III (born March 28, 1963) is an American college football coach and former player who is the running backs coach at the University of Iowa. He previously served as the head football coach at Colorado State University from 2022 to 2025. Norvell served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 2017 to 2021. His father, Merritt Norvell, was the athletic director at Michigan State University from 1995 to 1998.

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