Kienus Boulware

Kienus Boulware
Current position
Title	Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Team	Allen
Conference	SIAC
Playing career
1993–1994	North Carolina
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996	North Carolina (student assistant)
1997–1998	Livingstone (LB)
1999–2002	North Carolina Central (LB)
2003	North Carolina Central (DL)
2004	North Carolina Central (LB)
2005–2008	Shaw (DC)
2009–2013	Winston-Salem State (DC)
2014–2018	Winston-Salem State
2022–2023	Alabama A&M (DC/LB)
2024–present	Allen (DC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	35–18
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 black college national (2016); 2 CIAA (2015–2016); 3 CIAA Southern Division (2014–2016)

Kienus P. Boulware is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Allen University, positions he has held since 2024. Boulware served as the head football coach at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 2014 to 2018, compiling a record of 35–18. He was fired from his post at Winston-Salem State in April 2019 following an altercation between two of his players.^[1] Boulware played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a linebacker.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA^#
Winston-Salem State Rams (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2014–2018)
2014	Winston-Salem State	9–2	7–0	1st (Southern)		24
2015	Winston-Salem State	6–5	5–2	1st (Southern)
2016	Winston-Salem State	9–3	7–0	1st (Southern)	L NCAA Division II First Round
2017	Winston-Salem State	6–4	4–3	3rd (Southern)
2018	Winston-Salem State	5–4	4–2	T–2nd (Southern)
Winston-Salem State:		35–18	27–7
Total:		35–18
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth