Billy Bonneau - Director of Scouting - Staff Directory

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Billy Bonneau

Title:
Director of Scouting
Email:
Phone:
864-3392

Bio

Billy Bonneau joined the Kansas football staff in 2022, serving as Assistant Director of Player Personnel, before being named Director of Scouting in 2025.

Prior to arriving at Kansas, Bonneau spent three years in the NFL with the New York Jets, most recently serving as a player personnel assistant from 2020-22. Bonneau joined the Jets in 2019 as a Player Personnel Intern after previously serving as an intern for the New York Giants in 2018.

Bonneau was on staff with Coach Leipold at the University of Buffalo, where he served as a recruiting assistant in 2016 before being promoted to Director of Recruiting Operations in 2017. Prior to his time at Buffalo, Bonneau worked as the Director of Football Operations/Video Coordniator at the University of Albany.

Bonneau spent the 2014 season on staff at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as the Engineers’ wide receivers coach.

Prior to RPI, he was the football operations intern at Villanova University, where he assisted the coaching staff in their preparations for the upcoming season, including participating in film study of the opposition. He also helped manage prospect camps and the recruiting database. That followed a semester of aiding the St. John Fisher College football staff by evaluating student-athletes during on-field drills as well as film study following practices.

A native of Colonie, N.Y., Bonneau spent the summer of 2013 working the Buffalo Bills training camp as an intern. He assisted in coordinating logistics for the entire session, while also documenting the event using several forms of media, including writing and video.

He was a double major at St. John Fisher, graduating in 2014 with degrees in journalism/communications and legal studies, while minoring in sport management. Bonneau was one of 24 students to earn St. John Fisher College Service Scholar recognition, awarded to those who exemplify a commitment to community service. A member of the student newspaper who covered the football team, he was selected to Lambda Pi Eta, a communications honor society. Bonneau also participated in track & field for the Cardinals.