Mike Bloomgren
Michael Scott Bloomgren (born January 25, 1977) is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Rice University.[1] Prior to beginning his coaching career, Bloomgren played the tight end position at Culver–Stockton College.
 Bloomgren at 2018 C-USA Kickoff | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rice |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Record | 7–23 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 25, 1977 Tallahassee, Florida |
| Alma mater | Florida State (1999) |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1997 | Culver–Stockton |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Alabama (GA) |
| 2002–2004 | Catawba (co-OC/OL/ST) |
| 2005–2006 | Delta State (OC/OL/ST) |
| 2007–2008 | New York Jets (QC) |
| 2009 | New York Jets (assistant) |
| 2010 | New York Jets (AOC) |
| 2011–2012 | Stanford (RGC/OL) |
| 2013 | Stanford (OC/OL) |
| 2014–2017 | Stanford (AHC/OC/OL) |
| 2018–present | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–23 |
Biography
Bloomgren prepped at Florida High School in Tallahassee, Florida. He played college football as a tight end at Culver–Stockton College. He graduated from Florida State University magna cum laude with his bachelor’s degree in sports management, with a minor in business, in 1999. During his time at Florida State, he also worked as an undergraduate assistant to the linebackers. After graduating, Bloomgren became a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, he earned his master's degree in higher education administration with a 4.0 GPA.
After earning his graduate degree, Bloomgren went on to serve as an assistant at Catawba College (January 2002 to March 2005) and Delta State University (March 2005 to February 2007). At these schools, he simultaneously worked as the offensive coordinator, offensive line coach, and special teams coach.
After leaving Delta State in February 2007, Bloomgren had a three-week stint at Texas A&M before accepting an offensive quality control position with the New York Jets. He served in this position under Brian Schottenheimer, and Bill Callahan. In 2009, when Rex Ryan became the head coach of the New York Jets, Bloomgren accepted a position as assistant offensive coordinator.
In 2011, Bloomgren accepted the running game coordinator/offensive line coaching position at Stanford under head coach David Shaw. Bloomgren was promoted to Stanford's Andrew Luck Director of Offense in January 2013.[2][3][4]
On December 5, 2017, it was announced that Bloomgren was hired to replace David Bailiff as the head coach at Rice University.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Rice | 2–11 | 1–7 | T–6th (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Rice | 3–9 | 3–5 | T–4th (West) | |||||
| 2020 | Rice | 2–3 | 2–3 | (West) | |||||
| Rice: | 7–23 | 6–15 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–23 | ||||||||
References
- "Rice to hire Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren as head coach". Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- "New York Jets offensive assistant Mike Bloomgren". Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- "New York Jets assistant coaches". Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- "Stanford promoted Mike Bloomgren to Offensive Coordinator". Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- "Sources: Rice to hire Stanford OC Bloomgren". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 5, 2017.