The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles officially have hired Barberton High School alum Scot Loeffler to be their quarterbacks coach.
Bowling Green head coach Scot Loeffler at the 2024 MAC media day at the Football Hall of Fame in Canton on Friday, July 17.
The Eagles announced two coaching promotions and five new hires, including Loeffler, on Friday to the staff of head coach Nick Sirianni.
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Loeffler will work closely with Sirianni, newly named offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo and quarterback Jalen Hurts, the Super Bowl LIX MVP.
Patullo was the Eagles passing game coordinator/associate head coach this past season that ended with a 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Super Bowl champions the previous two seasons.
Patullo was elevated to offensive coordinator after previous Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore was named the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Loeffler assumes the QBs coach position after former Eagles QBs coach Doug Nussmeier left to be the Saints offensive coordinator.
Loeffler joins the Eagles with nearly three decades of experience coaching in the collegiate ranks and one season as the Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach in 2008. He was the head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2019-24 and helped turn the program around.
Bowling Green Falcons head coach Scot Loeffler speaks with quarterback Connor Bazelak (7) during the first quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on Sep 21, 2024, in College Station, Texas.
Scot Loeffler guided Bowling Green football to bowl games last 3 years
Loeffler compiled a overall record of 27-41 at Bowling Green, which included 7-6 records in 2023 and 2024. BGSU went 3-9 in 2019, Loeffler’s first season. The Falcons were 0-5 in the shortended 2020 season, 4-8 in 2021 and 6-7 in 2022 before posting winning seasons in 2023 and 2024. The 2022, 2023 and 2024 teams played in a bowl game.
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After taking on an offense which ranked 99th in points per game and a defense that finished 125th in points allowed per game, Loeffler guided Bowling Green to its first back-to-back-to-back bowl game appearances since a four-year streak of bowl games from 2012-15.
Sep 7, 2024; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Bowling Green Falcons head coach Scot Loeffler looks on from the sideline during the second quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images
Falcons quarterback Connor Bazelak earned All-Mid-American Conference honors after posting the best completion percentage (66.9%) in the MAC and the second-highest mark in BGSU history.
During the past four seasons, Loeffler coached 23 All-MAC players (with eight earning first-team honors). Additionally, a program-record 18 Falcons earned Academic All-MAC recognition in 2024.
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Loeffler coached BGSU tight end Harold Fannin Jr., a Canton McKinley graduate, who is a 2025 NFL draft prospect. Fannin became the first Falcon in program history to earn consensus All-America honors following a 2024 season where he led the nation with 117 receptions for 1,555 yards. Both marks set all-time FBS season records for a tight end, and Fannin became the first FBS tight end to earn a conference MVP honor by winning the MAC’s Vern Smith Leadership Award.
Scot Loeffler played, coached at Michigan before assorted college football coaching stops
Loeffler, who has three children — Luke, Alexis and Mary Elizabeth — with his wife, Amie, was a three-sport athlete at Barberton High School and a quarterback at the University of Michigan. He played football, basketball and baseball at Barberton. He was a starting quarterback as a junior on Barberton’s 1991 team that made the OHSAA playoffs for the first time.
Loeffler was a quarterback at Michigan from 1993-96 and graduated in 1998 with a degree in history and a minor in political science. He was a student assistant on Michigan’s staff in 1996 and 1997 and a graduate assistant in 1998 and 1999. The Wolverines were the undefeated national champion in 1997. He served as Central Michigan’s quarterbacks coach from 2000-01 and then came back to Ann Arbor to be the Wolverines quarterbacks coach from 2002-07.
Sep 2, 2021; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Bowling Green Falcons head coach Scot Loeffler looks on before a game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Loeffler spent the 2008 season as the quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions and was the quarterbacks coach at Florida from 2009-10. He proceeded to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Temple (2011), Auburn (2012), Virginia Tech (2013-15) and Boston College (2016-18).
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His offense at Virginia Tech helped the Hokies go into Columbus in 2014 and defeat Ohio State 35-21 in the Buckeyes’ only loss during their national championship season.
Bowling Green Head Coach Scot Loeffler during the NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Bowling Green Falcons in Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Ut Bowling Green
During his career, Loeffler has coached eight quarterbacks who went on to play in the NFL — seven-time Super Bowl champ Tom Brady, Tim Tebow, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew Henson, John Navarre, Logan Thomas and Anthony Brown.
Loeffler, who has coached in 20 bowl games, worked for three Hall of Fame head coaches in college — Lloyd Carr at Michigan, Urban Meyer at Florida and Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech.
Michael Beaven can be reached by email at mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.com and is on Twitter at @MBeavenABJ.
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