BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green State University hired Eddie George as its football coach on Sunday, with the former NFL running back set to lead the Falcons of the Mid-American Conference after four seasons at Tennessee State.
The move takes George from NCAA Division I’s lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision to its higher-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
George was voted coach of the year last season in the OVC-Big South Football Association after leading the Tigers to a share of the league championship, a 9-4 record and the team’s first playoff appearance in more than a decade. He also was a runner-up for the Eddie Robinson Award for national coach of the year in the FCS.
He becomes the 21st head coach in Falcons history and replaces Scot Loeffler, who left Bowling Green this winter after six seasons for the NFL, becoming quarterbacks coach of the Philadelphia Eagles after they won the Super Bowl last month.
Rodney K. Rogers, president of the Ohio school, said George has embraced innovation and growth throughout his career, both in and out of football.