United States Coast Guard Academy

JB Wells is in his fifth season as Offensive Coordinator at the Coast Guard Academy.

Wells grew up in neighboring Niantic, CT and graduated high school from St. Bernard in Uncasville. He is a 1991 graduate of Trinity College.

He was most recently the Head Coach at Kingswood Oxford (Hartford, CT) from 2018-2021. Before that, he was the Head Coach at Bowdoin from 2015-2018.

Wells started the football program at Endicott College in 2002, where he led the Gulls to a 75-48 record, including 55-26 in conference play. Under his leadership, Endicott earned a pair of NCAA tournament appearances (2010, 2013), as well as two ECAC championships (2011, 2012). Wells was the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston DII/DIII Coach of the Year and the New England Football Writer's DII/DIII Coach of the Year in 2010 and the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Coach of the Year in 2013.

He has helped develop nine All-Americans and over 100 NEFC All-Conference winners.

Off the gridiron, Wells' teams produced over 200 NEFC Academic All-Conference honorees and four Capital One Academic All-Americans. 

Coach Wells began his career as the tight ends coach at Brown University in 1991. He then returned to his alma mater as a graduate assistant, coaching the offensive line at Trinity College from 1992-1993 before serving as offensive line and strength coach at Bates College from 1994-1995. He then moved on to the University of Chicago, where he coached the running backs in 1996 and the quarterbacks in 1997. He returned to Trinity College for one year (1998) before being named Assistant Head Coach and offensive coordinator at Illinois Wesleyan University from 1999-2001. Wells helped the Titans to the first back-to-back College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships since 1964-65. 

Wells received a B.A. in History from Trinity College in 1991 and an M.Ed. from Endicott College in 2005. At Trinity, Wells was a three-year starter and letter winner at guard and center as well as being an outstanding shot putter and discus thrower on the indoor and outdoor track teams. He earned the college's prestigious Blanket Award in Athletics, presented to athletes who earn 10 or more varsity letters during their four years. At the time, only 38 blankets had been awarded in the history of the college. 

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(Updated May 2025)