The Boyette File

Personal Information
Birthday	January 4
Hometown	Wilson, N.C.
Education	Duke, 2009 (Bachelor's)
Playing Career	Duke, 2005-09
Wife	Khristen
Children	Makenna, Mathias, Makai

Coaching History
2024-25	Troy - Running Backs
2023	East Carolina - Running Backs
2021	Duke - Co-Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers
2013-20	Duke - Running Backs
2012	Duke - Graduate Assistant

Re'quan Boyette returns for his second season as Troy's running backs coach in 2025 following two seasons at East Carolina and a 10-year career at Duke, where he was a two-time team captain as a player for the Blue Devils.

In his first season, Damien Taylor burst on to the scene as one of the nation’s top running backs as he became the 11^th player in program history (13^th overall time) to reach the 1,000-yard mark. After rushing for 376 yards and two touchdowns in his career, Taylor finished as the Sun Belt’s second-leading rusher with 1,010 yards and seven touchdowns in 2023.

Taylor ranked 12^th in the country (min. 170 carries), averaging 3.99 yards after contact (third among G5 backs). Additionally, Gerald Green rushed for 545 yards and three touchdowns, as the pair combined to top the 100-yard mark seven times on the season.

Boyette coached the Pirates' outside receivers in 2022 and mentored a group that tallied 134 receptions for 1,689 yards (12.6 ypc) with 10 touchdowns before coaching ECU’s running backs in 2023.

In 2022, East Carolina ranked among the NCAA leaders in passing offense (16th/290.5), total offense (23rd/461.1), pass efficiency (28th/149.29) and scoring offense (35th/32/5), while graduate transfer Isaiah Winstead was one of two players on the squad to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards.

He worked his way up the ranks at Duke, beginning as a graduate assistant in 2012 before moving into a full time role in 2013 and eventually the co-offensive coordinator in 2021.

Boyette was part of a Duke program that advanced to the ACC Championship Game and Peach Bowl in 2013 and the Sun Bowl in 2014 before capturing postseason titles in the Pinstripe Bowl (2015), the Quick Lane Bowl (2017) and Independence Bowl (2018).

Under Boyette's guidance, the Blue Devils featured a pair of 700-yard receivers during the 2021 season and six pass-catchers who averaged more than 10 yards per reception.

Among Boyette's other notable highlights was Duke's rushing attack in 2015 when the Blue Devils ranked fifth in the ACC in ground yards per game (192.9), the team's highest average since 1977. Duke joined Clemson and North Carolina as the only squads in the league to rank among the conference's top five in rushing offense, passing offense, total offense and scoring offense.

Boyette's first unit in 2013 played a pivotal role in helping Duke rank among ACC leaders in scoring (5th/32.8 ppg), total offense (4th/426.1 ypg), rushing offense (5th/178.0 ypg) and passing offense (6th/248.1 ypg). On its way to the 2013 ACC Coastal Division Championship, the Blue Devils established a school record for total points (459) while becoming the first team in school history to post 25-plus rushing touchdowns and 25-plus passing touchdowns in the same season.

As a graduate assistant coach in 2012, he was part of a Blue Devil offensive staff that guided the Blue Devils to a then school single-season record 410 points as it reached a bowl game for the first time since 1994.

In all, Boyette developed and coached three players who went on to NFL careers - Juwan Thompson (Denver), Shaun Wilson (Tampa Bay) and Deon Jackson (Indianapolis) and was part of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 30 Under 30 inaugural selection for the Coaches' Leadership Institute in 2015.

Boyette lettered five seasons (2005-09) as a running back at Duke and served as team captain in 2008 and 2009. He rushed 314 times for 1,202 yards and five touchdowns in his career and became the 37th player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark on the ground. Boyette twice led the Blue Devils in rushing, in 2006 and 2007.

Boyette was named to the 2008 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team and represented Duke at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La.

He graduated from Duke in 2009 with a degree in sociology and is married to the former Khristen Dial. The couple has one daughter, Makenna, one son, Mathias, and is expecting their third child in May.