Aylward comes to Miami after spending the 2024 season as a wide receivers coach for Merrimack College. While with the Warriors, he developed the wide receiver position, but also was responsible for opponent defensive coverage reports and breakdowns. He was also a key contributor to third down game plans.
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Prior to Merrimack he was an Offensive Line Graduate Assistant for the RedHawks for the 2023 season, helping Miami to a MAC Championship. Other than working alongside assistant coach James Patten, he was responsible for run-game and playbook visual drawings and broke down opponent front-seven film.
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Aylward has also spent time at Notre Dame as a graduate assistant in 2022 and a Tight Ends Offensive Analyst from 2019-21.
