Mike Bloomgren
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| Cleveland Browns | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive line coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 25, 1977 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Culver–Stockton |
| Position | Tight end |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Career | NCAA: 24–52 (.316) |
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Michael Scott Bloomgren (born January 25, 1977) is an American professional football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head football coach at Rice University from 2018 to 2024.[1] Prior to beginning his coaching career, Bloomgren played the tight end position at Culver–Stockton College.
Early life
[edit | edit source]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.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Alabama
[edit | edit source]In 1999, 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.
Catawba College
[edit | edit source]After earning his graduate degree, Bloomgren went on to serve as an assistant at Catawba College from January 2002 to March 2005.
Delta State
[edit | edit source]From March 2005 to February 2007, Bloomgren served as the offensive coordinator, offensive line and special teams coach at Delta State University.
New York Jets
[edit | edit source]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.
Stanford
[edit | edit source]In 2011, Bloomgren accepted the running game coordinator/offensive line coaching position at Stanford under head coach David Shaw.
Bloomgren was promoted to offensive coordinator in January 2013.[2][3][4] As OC, he coached Christian McCaffrey, who was the first Stanford running back to rush for 2,000 yards and surpassed Barry Sanders' NCAA record of 3,250 all-purpose yards, finishing with 3,864.[5]
Rice
[edit | edit source]On December 5, 2017, it was announced that Bloomgren was hired to replace David Bailiff as the head coach at Rice University.[6]
Despite two bowl appearances, Rice never had a winning season under Bloomgren's tenure, and their best season against conference teams was a 4-4 season in 2023. One highlight of his time at Rice was coaching future NFL wide receiver Luke McCaffrey, who transferred to Rice from Nebraska in 2021. McCaffrey, the son of Ed and brother of Christian, was named to the 2023 All-AAC conference team, and was later drafted in the 3rd round of the 2024 NFL draft by the Washington Commanders.
Rice fired Bloomgren on October 27, 2024, after a 2–6 start to the 2024 season. Pete Alamar succeeded him as interim head coach.[7]
Cleveland Browns
[edit | edit source]On January 8, 2025, Bloomgren was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their offensive line coach under head coach Kevin Stefanski.[8]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]College
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Rice | 2–11 | 1–7 | T–6th (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Rice | 3–9 | 3–5 | T–4th (West) | |||||
| 2020 | Rice | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2021 | Rice | 4–8 | 3–5 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2022 | Rice | 5–8 | 3–5 | T–7th | L LendingTree | ||||
| Rice Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Rice | 6–7 | 4–4 | T–5th | L First Responder | ||||
| 2024 | Rice | 2–6 | 1–3 | [a] | |||||
| Rice: | 24–52 | 17–32 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–52 | ||||||||
- ^ Rice fired Bloomgren after 8 games.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1977 births
- Living people
- American football tight ends
- Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches
- Catawba Indians football coaches
- Cleveland Browns coaches
- Coaches of American football from Florida
- Culver–Stockton Wildcats football players
- Delta State Statesmen football coaches
- Florida State Seminoles football coaches
- Florida State University alumni
- New York Jets coaches
- Players of American football from Tallahassee, Florida
- Rice Owls football coaches
- Stanford Cardinal football coaches
- University of Alabama alumni