Mike Bobo
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 9, 1974 Augusta, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1997 | Georgia |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Georgia (admin) |
| 1999 | Georgia (GA) |
| 2000 | Jacksonville State (QB) |
| 2001–2006 | Georgia (QB) |
| 2007–2014 | Georgia (OC/QB) |
| 2015–2019 | Colorado State |
| 2020–present | South Carolina (OC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–35 |
| Bowls | 0–3 |
Robert Michael Bobo (born April 9, 1974) is an American college football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks and the former head coach of the Colorado State Rams football team. He succeeded Jim McElwain at CSU, making him the second consecutive SEC offensive coordinator hired to coach the Rams.[1] Before joining the Rams, he spent all but one of the first 22 years of his adult life with the Georgia Bulldogs as a player or assistant coach.
Playing career
Bobo played for the Thomasville High School Bulldogs (Thomasville, GA) before playing college football at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA). He holds several Georgia passing records.
As a senior in 1997, he threw for 2,751 yards on 199 completions in 306 attempts and had 19 TD to just 8 INT.
Coaching career
Georgia
Bobo remained at Georgia as a member of the football administrative staff under Jim Donnan. After one year as a graduate assistant, he went to Jacksonville State as quarterbacks coach.
A year later, he returned to Georgia as quarterbacks coach under newly hired Mark Richt. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2007. He is widely known for his knack in grooming successful Quarterbacks like Matthew Stafford, Aaron Murray and David Greene. in 2012, Bobo was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.
Colorado State
On December 23, 2014 Bobo took the head coaching job at Colorado State University, that was previously held by Jim McElwain who left for the head coaching vacancy at the University of Florida. Coming off McElwain's 10-3 season, Bobo's first three teams went 7–6, with all losing in low-level bowl games. In 2017, they began play in newly built Canvas Stadium.
The 2018 season started disastrously, as Colorado State lost badly to Hawaii in their home opener, Colorado, Florida, and FCS Illinois State. Their lone win during that stretch came with a come-from-behind victory at home against Arkansas.
The Rams finished a dismal 3-9, their worst record since the Steve Fairchild era.
2019 showed little improvement, as the Rams finished 4-8, including losing to rivals Colorado, Air Force, and Wyoming for the 4th consecutive year. Calls for Bobo's firing gained steam throughout the season, with just over 12,000 in attendance for the final home game against Boise State. Bobo left CSU following the 2019 season. [2]
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Bobo who became NCAA head coaches:
- Tyson Summers: Georgia Southern (2016–2017)
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–2nd (Mountain) | L Arizona | ||||
| 2016 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–4th (Mountain) | L Famous Idaho Potato | ||||
| 2017 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–2nd (Mountain) | L New Mexico | ||||
| 2018 | Colorado State | 3–9 | 2–6 | 5th (Mountain) | |||||
| 2019 | Colorado State | 4–8 | 3–5 | 5th (Mountain) | |||||
| Colorado State: | 28–35 | 20–20 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–35 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Mike Bobo named #CSU #Rams football coach". 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Colorado State, coach Mike Bobo mutually agree to part ways after a 4-8 record in his fifth season". CBSSports.com.