With players locked in to school for the semester, the former Heisman Trophy winner has 15 practices to win over players

While spring camp for Bowling Green is imminent, George is set to make his debut as Falcons head coach a bit earlier than most programs; Bowling Green hosts FCS program Lafayette on Thursday, Aug. 28, before traveling nine days later to in-state foe Cincinnati.

Former Tennessee State football coach Eddie George said he was not looking for a new job when Bowling Green called.

Bowling Green has hired Tennessee State coach Eddie George to fill its head coaching vacancy, the university announced Sunday. This will be George's first coaching opportunity at the FBS level after four years leading Tennessee State.

Eddie George was pondering the next steps in his burgeoning career as a college football coach while driving back from the NFL scouting combine.

Eddie George was driving through Bowling Green, Ky., when Urban Meyer messaged him about a job at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A sign?

It was practically spring time when Dell McGee left for Georgia State to take over for Shawn Elliott. George admitted the timing to leave Tennessee State for Bowling Green was not ideal, but the opportunity for the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner out of Ohio State was simply too good to pass up.

Eddie George is in line for a significant pay raise as the head coach of Bowling Green University, as the former HBCU coach is in line to make $600,000 annually per a report by WTOL. An MOU obtained through a FOIA request by the local Toledo,

Eddie George, former Ohio State Buckeyes standout and 1995 Heisman Trophy winner, has stepped in as Bowling Green State University’s new head football coach. Urban Meyer, a coaching legend with ties to the Falcons,