Kiyoshi Harris - Football Coach - Boise State University Athletics

Kiyoshi Harris

Title:
Coordinator of Recruiting Relations/Player Personnel
Email:
kiyoshiharris@boisestate.edu

Kiyoshi Harris arrived at Boise State in February 2021 as the football program's coordinator of recruiting relations/player personnel.

Harris joined the Blue and Orange with over 20 years of coaching experience under his belt. He was the head coach at Independence (Kan.) Community College in 2019-20. He took over a program that was 2-8 in 2018 and won the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in 2019 while posting an 8-2 record. The Pirates did not play in 2020 due to COVID-19.

He began his coaching career at the prep level in 1998. After six seasons, he moved into the JUCO ranks as the offensive line/tight ends coach at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., from 2004-06.

Harris spent two seasons as the offensive line coach/run game coordinator at College of the Desert (Palm Desert, Calif.) before returning to Chaffey as the recruiting coordinator/offensive line coach in 2009. He held that role for two seasons and was promoted to assistant head coach/offensive coordinator in 2010.

After a stop at the University of Redlands in 2012 as the tight ends/fullbacks coach, Harris returned to Chaffey for a third stint. As the run game coordinator/recruiting coordinator/offensive line coach, he helped Chaffey win the Mountain Conference in 2013 and capture the 2015 Western State Bowl.

He spent the 2017-18 seasons at Independence at the offensive line coach/recruiting coordinator before becoming the head coach.

Harris graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 1998 with a degree in physical education/health and added a master’s degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 2001.