Mike Bajakian

Mike Bajakian
Northwestern Wildcats
Position:	Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Born:	August 4, 1974 (age 47); River Vale, New Jersey
Career information
High school:	Bergen Catholic; (Oradell, New Jersey)
College:	Williams
Career history
As a coach:
	Delbarton School (1996–1997); Quarterbacks coach & passing game coordinator; Rutgers (1998–1999); Graduate assistant; Sacred Heart (2000); Quarterbacks coach; Michigan (2000–2001); Graduate assistant; Central Michigan (2002–2003); Quarterbacks coach; Chicago Bears (2004–2006); Offensive quality control coach; Central Michigan (2007–2009); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Cincinnati (2010–2012); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Tennessee (2013–2014); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015–2018); Quarterbacks coach; Boston College (2019); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Northwestern (2020–present); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach;

Mike Bajakian is an American football coach who currently serves as the offensive coordinator for Northwestern University.^[1] Bajakian previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee,^[2] Cincinnati^[3] and Central Michigan^[4] alongside Butch Jones.

Personal life[]

Bajakian grew up in River Vale, New Jersey^[5] and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School with the class of 1992.^[6]

He is married to Michelene, and together they have five children: Mary, Anna, Emma, Samuel and Rose.^[7]

^ Thompson, Rich (January 15, 2019). "New Boston College offensive coordinator has plenty of experience". Boston Herald.
^ "Jones Announces Coaching Staff". utsports.com. December 13, 2012.
^ "Cincinnati Football Coaches Profile". GoBearcats.com. University of Cincinnati Athletics.
^ "CMU coaches profile". CMUChippewas.com. Central Michigan University Athletics. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
^ Brown, Patrick. "2013 College Blitz - Can they score?", Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 25, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2015. "Though he majored in history, Bajakian taught a variety of math classes, from algebra and geometry to trigonometry and pre-calculus, at the Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., less than an hour east of New York City and 40 miles northwest of his hometown of River Vale, N.J."
^ Conrad, JJ. "Recruiting: Updates on Bergen Catholic Football, including QB Jarrett Guarantano" Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Varsity Aces, January 23, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015. "And with Tennessee, the current offensive coordinator, Mike Bajakian, is a Bergen Catholic graduate (’92) — scratch that, Bajakian was hired Thursday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB coach — and the Vols’ head coach, Butch Jones, was a grad assistant at Rutgers when Guarantano’s father was at Rutgers."
^ utsports.com, *. "UT coaches profile".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

v t Current offensive coordinators of the Big Ten Conference
East Division	Walt Bell / Grant Heard (Indiana) Dan Enos (Maryland) Josh Gattis / Sherrone Moore (Michigan) Jay Johnson (Michigan State) Kevin Wilson (Ohio State) Mike Yurcich (Penn State) Sean Gleeson (Rutgers)
West Division	Tony Petersen (Illinois) Brian Ferentz (Iowa) Kirk Ciarrocca / Matt Simon (Minnesota) Mark Whipple (Nebraska) Mike Bajakian (Northwestern) Brian Brohm / JaMarcus Shephard (Purdue) Joe Rudolph (Wisconsin)