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

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?

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

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.

George, who has been the TSU football coach the past four seasons, was one of three people to interview with Bowling Green on Friday. George led the Tigers, who finished 9-4 last season, to their first FCS playoff appearance since 2013 and was named Big South/OVC coach of the year and was runner-up for the Eddie Robinson national coach of the year.

"You can feel the love, the excitement, and that's what got me excited."Those were the first thoughts of new Bowling Green State University head football coach

George becomes the third Black HBCU head coach to get an FBS job, joining Willie Jeffries in 1979 and Deion Sanders in 2023.

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,