Former Michigan star wide receiver Roy Roundtree joins Curt Mallory’s staff in 2017 as Indiana State’s wide receivers coach.
Roundtree spent the 2016 season at Limestone College’s wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
He most recently coached wide receivers at Division II Colorado State-Pueblo. During his lone season with the ThunderWolves, Roundtree helped guide the program to a 12-2 overall record and a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship with a perfect 9-0 mark in league play. The team was ranked No. 4 nationally and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals.
He mentored CSU-Pueblo’s Kieren Duncan, a 2015 Don Hansen Third-Team All-American and an undrafted free agent pickup by the Chicago Bears. Under Roundtree’s tutelage, Duncan led the team in both receptions and receiving yards during his senior year while hauling in six touchdown catches.
He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2013, and played one season with the Colorado Ice in the Indoor Football League.
A two-time All-Big Ten selection, Roundtree ranks seventh in Michigan history with 154 career receptions and wrapped up his four-year career with 42 starts, 2,304 yards and 15 touchdowns. He was twice named to the Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list and was a CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America honorable mention and a Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten recipient.
He posted a total of seven 100-yard receiving games during his tenure with the Wolverines, including a 246-yard performance at Illinois on Nov. 6, 2010. Roundtree became the first player in Michigan history to surpass 200 yards receiving in a game – a mark that still stands No. 2 all-time in team history.
Roundtree caught the game-winning touchdown against Notre Dame during his junior campaign in 2011 and recorded the 11th longest touchdown reception in program history, a 75-yard catch and run against Ohio State as a senior.
A native of Trotwood, Ohio, Roundtree graduated with a bachelor’s in English with a concentration in Afro-American Studies & Sociology from Michigan in 2012.
Roy Roundtree Coaching Career:
2017 – Indiana State – Wide Receivers
2016 – Limestone – Wide Receivers
2015 – Colorado State-Pueblo – Wide Receivers
Coach Mallory: “At Michigan, he was the ultimate team player. He held other teammates accountable, as well as himself, and was a very selfless player. He always put the team first. He’ll be a great young mentor to our wide receivers.”
