KEYNOTES. AUTHOR. AGENT. COACH. ATHLETE.
Jay Dobyns served as a United States federal agent for twenty-seven years, achieving worldwide notoriety as one of history’s most daring undercover operators, posing as a hitman, a gun-runner, a debt collector, and a mob enforcer.
A criminal defense attorney once described Jay as:
“…a government-trained ‘predator’ sent on seek-and-destroy missions in search of drugs, guns, and violence, with instructions to succeed at any cost without regard for the agent himself or those he crosses paths with.”
KEYNOTES. AUTHOR. AGENT. COACH. ATHLETE.
Jay Dobyns served as a United States federal agent for twenty-seven years, achieving worldwide notoriety as one of history’s most daring undercover operators, posing as a hitman, a gun-runner, a debt collector, and a mob enforcer.
A criminal defense attorney once described Jay as:
“…a government-trained ‘predator’ sent on seek-and-destroy missions in search of drugs, guns, and violence, with instructions to succeed at any cost without regard for the agent himself or those he crosses paths with.”
Jay is the bestselling author of No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels and Catching Hell: A True Story of Abandonment and Betrayal.
Jay’s story has been featured in over a dozen television and film projects.
In addition to his keynotes, Jay is shaping the future of leadership as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and a high school football coach.
Before his law enforcement career, Jay was an All-Pac-10 football player and an All-American candidate at the University of Arizona.

Jay is the bestselling author of No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels and Catching Hell: A True Story of Abandonment and Betrayal.
Jay’s story has been featured in over a dozen television and film projects.
In addition to his keynotes, Jay is shaping the future of leadership as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and a high school football coach.
Before his law enforcement career, Jay was an All-Pac-10 football player and an All-American candidate at the University of Arizona.
Faith, resilience, and the will to persevere are cornerstones of Jay’s life-reflected in a bible verse he holds close:
PSALM 23:4 – “THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL FOR YOU ARE WITH ME.”
Jay Dobyns spent over two decades as a federal agent embedded in the dark heart of America’s violent crime, participating in more than five hundred undercover missions targeting gun runners, narcotics traffickers, explosives manufacturers, murder-for-hire schemes, and vicious gangs.
Jay’s most infamous case—a landmark infiltration of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang—changed the face of undercover work forever, earning him international recognition.
Jay’s story is more than headlines and danger. It’s about the cost of service to others, the toll on identity, family, and mental health, and how to rise from it stronger.