Football. [76] Andre Williams finished with 2,177 yards rushed on the season, good for 5th most all-time in the NCAA.[76]. 4 Tennessee. In 2021 they went 6-6 (2-6 ACC) and would have played East Carolina in the Military Bowl, it was however cancelled the day before it was set to play due to a large number of COVID-19 cases in the Eagles' program. The Eagles are coached by Frank Spaziani, commonly referred to as "Coach Spaz." Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Notre Dame. 34 min.
Hafley and his wife, Gina, have two daughters, Hope and Leah. His disciplined squad led the ACC in fewest penalties and fewest penalty yards. With good recruiting skills and a strong coaching staff around him, notably offensive coordinator Dana Bible and defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani, O'Brien turned the program into a consistent top-25 team. Given Boston College's status as a private university, the school did not release the details of Hafley's contract. For some of us, it's a defining moment where our life is split in two: before and after. However, the Eagles still won their final two regular season games, posting wins over rival programs Uconn Huskies football and Syracuse Orange football. The schools played 11 more times until 1960. Clemson leads the all-time series 2092 as of the 2021 season.[93]. For a team that finished 4-8 last season, Boston College's football coaching staff appears to be quite popular. In 2018, the 49ers ranked 11th in the league in passing defense. Boston College has had 12 consensus All-Americans. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Jeff has a sincere commitment to helping players reach their highest potential both on and off the field. Varsity Football Coach Ed Mantie Tel: Email: [email protected] Director, Center of Ignatian, Identity & Formation . More impressive than the marked improvement on both sides of the ball from Boston College in 2020 was how the program handled playing in the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Boston College has come to an agreement to bring back Matt Applebaum as the school's offensive line coach. After starting his career working as running backs coach for one season (2001) at Worcester (Mass.) BC then said goodbye to one of their most successful senior classes in program history, as 4 players were selected in the 7 round 2019 NFL Draft, including the 14th overall pick Chris Lindstrom. 17 in the AP poll following the Clemson game. [68] Herzlich was forced to miss the entirety of the 2009 season. A total of 12 Eagles were All-ACC selections, led by First Team offensive linemen Zion Johnson and Alec Lindstrom. BC and Virginia Tech first played in 1993 and have played every year since, except for 2004. [18] A banner on campus commemorating the team uses the phrase "national champions", but Boston College was not awarded a national championship by any of the national polls at the time of the 1940 season. [7] Boston College has had 8 members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame,[8] and two inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Art Donovan and Ernie Stautner.[9]. @Coach_Applebaum. 7 Texas to open the 1976 season. He had 23 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns.[46]. [29], New Hampshire head coach Joe Yukica was hired to replace Miller at BC. Boston College began their season in Dublin, Ireland, where they faced Georgia Tech football in the Emerald Isle Classic, and subsequently lost 1714. In 2000 BC finished the regular season at 65 with just enough wins to be bowl-eligible and found themselves in Honolulu for the Aloha Bowl where they downed Arizona State 3117, giving O'Brien his first bowl victory as head coach.[59]. Boston College finished the season with a 7-5 record (4-4 ACC). Applebaum helped install a new offensive. Perhaps the best football team in Boston College history, the undefeated 1940 Eagles (11-0) won the 1941 Sugar Bowl over previously unbeaten No. He has a special enthusiasm for teaching young men about football and through the process, life. 124; College Football at", "The Heights 19 February 1991 Boston College", "Tom Coughlin Coaching Record &No. Additionally, sources tell FootballScoop that veteran Boston College assistant Steve Shimko is expected to be elevated into a co-offensive coordinator type of role within the program. They were invited to the school's first bowl game, the 1940 Cotton Bowl, where they were defeated by Clemson 36. 4 Tennessee 1913. [94] The two universities did not meet again on the football field until 1966, when they began a seventeen-year series in which the teams would play each other in the last week of UMass' football season. In his first season on the Heights in 2020, Hafley finished with the most victories of any first-year head coach in college football. Hafley moved on to the NFL following his year at Rutgers and coached two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, serving as an assistant defensive backs coach in 2012 and secondary/safeties coach in 2013. What They Are Saying About Jeff Hafley
Following the game, head coach Dan Henning got word that several players may have bet against their own team in that game. Boston College's sports programs. [96] Syracuse's admission into the ACC in 2013 reignited this storied rivalry. BC used the free kick to boot the ball far downfield and dashed the Hoyas' three-season unbeaten record. Assistant to the Head Football Coach/Operations Assistant [email protected]: Dave Bowen: Graduate Assistant - Offense . John Brice has spent more than two decades covering football at all levels. Divisional play began in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the start of the 2005 football season following BC's inclusion in the conference. Doug Flutie ('84), Luke Kuechly ('10), and Andre Williams ('13) were all unanimous selections. Dillon posted 272 yards on 39 carries for 4 touchdowns, including a highlight reel stiff arm that led to a 75-yard touchdown. 24 national ranking on Rivals is tied for their highest ever and best since 2004. Hafley's first season in Columbus saw Ohio State jump from 72nd nationally in 2018 to leading the country in 2019 in yards per play. BC got a great one.
The Eagles struggled on offense all night and trailed the Hokies 100 late in the 4th quarter. Shimko, a Rutgers graduate who's been on staff with the Eagles since Hafley was hired three years ago, also has coaching experience at one of the sport's top junior college programs -- Independence (Kansas) -- as well as Southeastern Conference experience at the University of Georgia under Mark Richt. Those efforts were good enough to earn him a new four-year contract on November 22, 1955, but even after four more winning seasons - he was fired on December 3, 1959, after a year in which Eagle fans had subjected him to constant verbal abuse. [12] BC won the first game 40, but lost 60 to MIT. Boston College wide receiver Zay Flowers (4). Matt Ryan led the No. Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Notre Dame. He is right up there with his preparation and how he breaks down film how easy and simple he makes the game plan sound and how easy he makes it for guys to understand. Boston College is on a 11-game winning streak vs UMass, dating back to 1979, after beating the Minutemen 4528 in the 2021 season, and they lead the all-time series 225. Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley's staff is young, energetic, and has loads of experience By Julian Benbow Globe Staff, Updated February 19, 2020, 12:36 a.m. 10 BC coach Jeff. Greater Heights: The Capital Campaign for BC Athletics, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital, William V. Campbell Director of Athletics, Senior Associate Athletics Director - Administration, Senior Associate Athletics Director & Senior Woman Administrator, Senior Associate Athletics Director - External Affairs, Senior Associate Athletics Director - Athletic Communications (Football, Men's and Women's Golf, Department Spokesperson), Senior Associate Athletics Director - Football & Alumni Relations, Associate Athletics Director - Business Operations, Assistant Director - Travel & Business Operations, Associate Athletics Director - Campus Recreation Director, Associate Director - Programming & Student-Employee Development, Assistant Director - Member Sales & Services, Assistant Director - Facilities and Operations, Assistant Director - Intramural & Intructional Programming, Assistant Director - Aquatics Programming, Coordinator - Member Services & Operations, Coordinator - Faculty and Staff Fitness and Wellness, Associate Director - Facilities and Operations, Assistant Athletics Director - Athletic Communications (Women's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Sailing, Softball), Associate Director - Athletic Communications (Baseball, Football-Secondary, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving, Social), Associate Director - Athletic Communications (Men's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field), Associate Director - Athletic Communications (Men's Hockey, M/W Tennis, Skiing), Assistant Director - Athletic Communications (Women's Hockey, Women's Soccer, Fencing, Rowing, Website), Creative Video - (Football, Men's Basketball) | Communications - (Field Hockey, Lacrosse), Associate Athletics Director - Compliance & Student Support Services, Senior Associate Athletics Director - Director of Development for Athletics, Assistant Athletics Director - Major Giving, Assistant Athletics Director - Annual Giving, Associate Director - Athletics Major Giving, Assistant Director, Athletic Events and Donor Engagement, Assistant Director - Student-Athlete Alumni Engagement, Associate Athletics Director - Facilities & Operations, Senior Associate Director - Facilities & Operations (Alumni Stadium/Fish Field House/Yawkey Athletics Center & FB, MW T&F/XC, MW Golf), Associate Director - Facilities & Operations (Harrington Athletics Village/Newton Campus Soccer/Lacrosse/Field Hockey Fields & MSOC, WSOC, FH, LAX, Baseball, Softball, MW Tennis, MW Fencing, MW Swim, MW Sailing, MW Skiing, Rowing), Associate Director - Facilities & Operations (Conte Forum/Power Gym/Shea Room/Media Suite/Media Work Room & VB, MBB, WBB, WIH & MIH), Associate Athletics Director - Marketing & Fan Engagement, Senior Associate Director - Marketing & Fan Engagement, Associate Director - Marketing & Fan Engagement, Assistant Director - Marketing, Licensing & Fan Engagement, Director - Sports Medicine, Olympic Sports, Assistant Athletics Director - Sports Medicine, Director - Strength & Conditioning - Olympic Sports, Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach - Football, Director - Student-Athlete Academic Services, Senior Associate Director - Student-Athlete Development, Assistant Director of Student Athlete Development, Associate Athletics Director - Technology & Interactive Media, Broadcast Engineer - ACC Network Production, Associate Athletics Director - Ticket Operations, Assistant Athletic Director - Ticket Sales & Services, Senior Account Manager - Ticket Sales & Services, Account Manager - Ticket Sales & Services, The Clement and Elizabeth Izzi Family Head Mens Basketball Coach, Player Personnel Specialist/Staff Assistant, The Gregory P. Barber '69 and Family Head Coach, Defensive Backs/Defensive Pass Game Coordinator, Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Assistant, Assistant Athletics Director - Football Operations & Player Personnel, Assistant to the Head Football Coach/Operations Assistant. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only six seconds remained on the clock. BC had consecutive top 10 picks in 2008 and 2009; Matt Ryan was selected 3rd overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2008 and B. J. Raji was selected 9th overall by the Green Bay Packers in 2009. The Eagles would also go 0-18 in Basketball during ACC play, the first time since 1976 that a Power Five conferences program went winless in both basketball and football. Black Aug 5, 2021 10:00 AM EDT Home Boston College Eagles Football. [47] He was fired after the 1990 season. On December 14, 2019, Jeff Hafley, the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Ohio State, was named the 36th BC head coach. After a short return, Walters handed the ball off to defensive back Ed Reed, who returned it the remaining 80 yards for a touchdownpreserving a win for the Hurricanes and keeping their hopes alive for a national championship, which eventually won. Hafley was a defensive assistant/cornerbacks coach in 2006-07 and was secondary coach from 2008-10. The 1939 team finished the regular season with a 91 record, and the Eagles were ranked in the final AP Poll for the first time in school history, at No. The class ranks 14th nationally and second in the . Ryan finished 7th in the Heisman race, garnering 9 first place votes. [13] Some of the original team's alumni had particularly significant careers: Joseph F. O'Connell was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and running back James Carlin became president of the College of the Holy Cross. In 1920, the Boston College football team adopted the nickname 'Eagles.' The Eagles are currently coached by Jeff Hafley, who formerly served as co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State. [100] Notable alums of O-Line U include Tom Nalen '93 (5x Pro Bowl Selection, 2x Super Bowl Champion), Ron Stone '92 (3x Pro Bowl Selection, 2x Super Bowl Champion), Damien Woody '98 (1x Pro Bowl Selection, 2x Super Bowl Champion), Dan Koppen '02 (1x Pro Bowl Selection, 2x Super Bowl Champion), and Chris Snee '03 (3x Pro Bowl Selection, 2x Super Bowl Champion). Hafley helped improve BC's defense 52 spots in the national rankings in total defense as the Eagles allowed 62 fewer yards per game than the previous year, prior to his arrival. BC and UMass are in-state rivals. The Eagles home games are played at Alumni Stadium on the university's campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. On October 26, 1893, BC played its first official game against the St. John's Literary Institute of Cambridge followed by its first intercollegiate game against MIT. One of college footballs top defensive minds, Hafley's defense rankedthird nationally in passing yards allowed (173.5 per game) during the 2021 season. Following a 31-21 victory, their 7th of the season, Boston College was chosen to host College GameDay (football TV program) before their home contest against undefeated Clemson football, the first time College GameDay had been to Chestnut Hill since 2009. The season was highlighted by a historic upset victory over 9th ranked USC, in which Murphy rushed for 191 yards in the 3731 victory. Jeff is an excellent coach. 63.8K Followers. 582 Following. However, BC fell out of the rankings as quickly as they entered, as they were beaten 13-30 by a previously winless Purdue team on the road the following week. In a miraculous comeback, Ryan threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:11 of game to give BC the victory. The Coaching Carousel Is Spinning Out Of Contro. Ive had some great defensive back coaches, some great defensive coaches and defensive minds. Boston College has lost their second coordinator of the offseason as defensive coordinator Tem Lukabu is joining Frank Reich and his staff with the Carolina Panthers. 9 Georgetown before 41,700 fans at sold-out Fenway Park, that was called one of the greatest games ever by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice. "I think everyone in the room appreciated him being so straight-forward," Murphy said. TCU's Sonny Dykes named Associated Press football coach of the year Khari Johnson, Arkansas, DB 6-0, 192, originally from Boston. The Eagles climbed to No. [66], Frank Spaziani, promoted from defensive coordinator of the Eagles, was hired as BC's head coach in January 2009. On October 26, 1996, the Eagles were routed 4517 by Syracuse. In addition to success on the gridiron, Boston College football teams are consistently ranked among the nation's best for academic achievement[10] and graduation. . [60] But the most memorable moment of the year came in another thrilling game against then-No. Florida State represented the division in the inaugural ACC Championship Game by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker in 2005, while BC represented the Atlantic in 2008. (Year Inducted). UMass was in a lower division than BC during the entirety of the rivalry. [91] The 2007 Thursday night meeting between the Eagles and Hokies was undoubtedly the most exciting game of the rivalry. [48] Coughlin's Eagles compiled a record of 21131. For example, OC/OL coach Alex Atkins saw his . He earned his master's degree from Albany in 2003. The first game played between the two schools took place in 1899 and was played at a neutral location.