Dino Babers (born July 19, 1961) is an American football coach who is the current head football coach at Syracuse University. He was head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, Babers had been head coach at Eastern Illinois University. Babers grew up in California and played football at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Playing career
Babers was born in Honolulu, grew up in San Diego, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1979-1983) where he played running back and defensive back on the football team.
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Coaching career
Babers began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Hawaii in 1984. From there, Babers coached at numerous schools highlighted by offensive coordinator positions at both Arizona and Texas A&M as well as an assistant head coach position with UCLA. After four years as an assistant at Baylor, on December 9, 2011, Babers was named as the new head football coach at Eastern Illinois University to replace Bob Spoo. In two seasons at Eastern Illinois, the Panthers made the playoffs both times while being led by QB Jimmy Garoppolo, who would later become a 2nd round 2014 NFL Draft pick.
On December 18, 2013, Babers was hired as the new head coach at Bowling Green following the departure of previous Falcons' coach Dave Clawson to Wake Forest. Babers led Bowling Green to the 2015 Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship.
On December 5, 2015 Babers became the head coach at Syracuse.
Head coaching record
Coaching Tree
Assistants under Babers that became NCAA head coaches:
- Sean Lewis: Kent State (2018-present)
References
External links
- Syracuse profile
Source of article : Wikipedia
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