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Nick Sirianni had to fill multiple spots on the coaching staff after losing some coaches. It looks like final move is done.

Scot Loeffler leaves BGSU for a position with the Philadelphia Eagles.

https://t.co/bmUESLQ8GG pic.twitter.com/2QVmP3SuQi

— BGSU Football (@BG_Football) February 28, 2025

I love that Bowling Green is the one that broke the story. Very cool that a college social media group beat all the NFL insiders.

I didn’t have a strong opinion of Loeffler. I have seen his teams play at BGSU, but he wasn’t a guy that created a lot of buzz. He got my attention this year when his team scored 24 first half points in a game at Penn State. That shocked me. It wasn’t due to turnovers and fluke plays. Here is what I said that day.

I’m shocked at Penn State’s defense today. They’re struggling to get off blocks and there is some awful tackling. Give Bowling Green credit. That offense is physical and they’re executing at a high level. PSU down 24-17.

— Tommy Lawlor (@lawlornfl) September 7, 2024

The QB was well coached. PSU got pressure on him, but he sat in the pocket and made some critical throws. While he wasn’t a star player, he was confident and accurate. He kept BGSU in the game as long as possible. Their offense was creative. They had one star player, TE Harold Fannin. He’s a legit NFL prospect. BGSU moved him around and found different ways to get him the ball. That’s good coaching.

You can watch some of the game highlights to see BGSU in action.

Back to Loeffler.

He worked in the NFL back in 2008, coaching QBs for the Lions. That was an awful team, going 0-16. Dan Orlovsky, now a well-known ESPN analyst, started 10 games at QB. Loeffler bounced around CFB after that.

• 2009-2010 Florida QB coach
• 2011 Temple offensive coordinator
• 2012 Auburn offensive coordinator
• 2013-2015 Virginia Tech offensive coordinator
• 2016-2018 Boston College offensive coordinator
• 2019-2024 Bowling Green head coach

Scot Loeffler is such a great hire. I can’t even begin to think how much stuff I’ve stolen from him over the years.

— Honest NFL (@TheHonestNFL) February 28, 2025

Loeffler has worked with different coaches and QBs over that period. He’s had great talent and overachiever types. Loeffler has had to learn how to coach for different players, different schemes and different situations. He got a great education.

If you watch this video Loeffler feels like a Sirianni kind of coach. He’s emotional. He seems to really connect with his players. From that perspective, he feels like a great fit.

How does he do with coaching QBs? Here is a blurb from his bio.

Over his career, Loeffler has coached eight quarterbacks who went on to play in the NFL – Tom Brady, Tim Tebow, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew Henson, John Navarre, Logan Thomas and Anthony Brown. Those eight quarterbacks have won a combined 10 Super Bowl championships (Tom Brady, 7; Chad Henne, 2; Brian Griese, 1). He has also directed a potent rushing attack at Boston College behind AJ Dillon, who was 12th nationally in rushing yards per game in 2018. Dillon was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2017 and the nation’s second-leading rusher among freshmen. Dillon was later drafted in the second round by the Green Bay Packers in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Loeffler is a big believer in TEs. When he was at BC, they ran 12 personnel as their base offense. He had success with TEs at BGSU.

With Fannin going to the league, all three of Loeffler’s starting tight ends (receiving) at BGSU will have signed NFL contracts, collectively earning four of the last five first-team All-MAC honors at the position.

That’s pretty impressive.

Loeffler will replace Doug Nussmeier as Jalen Hurts coach. Loeffler can teach fundamentals. The challenge will be trying to get Hurts to find the right balance between being aggressive and being smart. Hurts protected the ball really well in 2024. That seemed to affect the passing game. Hurts was more aggressive in the NFC title game and Super Bowl. The passing game came alive and helped the Eagles win big. Here is Loeffler on what a QB has to do.

.@BG_Football head coach Scot Loeffler’s expectations for quarterback Connor Bazelak this season ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/VfMAG0Kfdx

— Falcon Media Sports Network (@BG_FMSN) July 19, 2024

College coaches have to be good teachers, especially at places like BGSU. Loeffler wasn’t coaching elite talents. He had to be able to teach specific positional skills to his QBs. He had to stress fundamentals. That should fit well with Sirianni and the Tough-Detailed-Together mindset that Sirianni has.

Loeffler is a good hire in the sense that he can bring outside ideas to the Eagles. He’s been coaching in the MAC and has seen plenty of creative football. The Eagles can expand on the 2024 playbook with ideas from Parks Frazier and Loeffler. It will be interesting to see how the offense looks. Here is Loeffler from a coaching clinic back in 2019.

I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing yet. The Combine eats up a lot of time.

I like this hire more than bringing in Frank Reich or Mike McCoy. Those guys have a lot of NFL experience, but the Eagles have veteran NFL coaches in Kevin Patullo, Jason Michael and Sirianni himself. They added a young guy in Frazier. Now they have added an experienced college coach to the mix. That seems like a good combination of backgrounds.

Of course I reserve the right to change my mind the first time the Eagles have a 3 & out or Hurts throws a red zone INT. Fire Loeffler! He’s a bum!

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