< PreviousB ill O’Brien was hired as the 37th head coach in Boston College football history on Feb. 9, 2024. In his first season on the Heights, O’Brien guided the Eagles to a 7-6 record and an appear ance in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. BC started the season with a top-10 win at Florida State and entered the top-25 for the first time in six years after a 2-0 start. O’Brien and the Eagles also posted the first six-win season at Alumni Sta- dium since 2009 and sold out two home games for the first time since 2006. Boston College posted top-25 rankings nation- ally in nine statistical categories across the FBS. BC was 12th nationally and first in the ACC in the fewest penalties per game at 4.46. The team’s 0.69 turnover margin ranked 17th, led by a de- fense that totaled 17 interceptions; the seventh most in the country and tops in the conference. O’Brien’s offense ranked 22nd in team passing efficiency at 114.9 and the defense 22nd in rush- ing defense at 114.9. As a senior on O’Brien’s first team, Donovan @BCFOOTBALL | 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM 18 BOSTONCOLLEGE BILL O’BRIEN THE GREGORY P. BARBER ‘69 & FAMILY HEAD COACHEzeiruaku led the nation in sacks at 1.38 per game, while tying the BC single-season record at 16.5, which led all FBS players in the regular season. Ezeiruaku earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year and the Ted Hendricks Award as col- lege football’s top defensive end. Ezeiruaku also became the 13th consensus All-American in BC history with first-team honors from the AP, AFCA and Sporting News plus second-team honors from the Walter Camp Foundation. O’Brien owns an all-time coaching record of 74-63 in 10 seasons as a head coach in college football and the NFL. He is 22-15 all-time in the college game. A 32-year coaching veteran in the college and professional ranks upon his arrival, O’Brien was elevated to his first head coaching post at Penn State in 2012. He guided the Nittany Li- ons to an overall record of 15-9 and 10-6 Big Ten mark during the span of two sea- sons while directing the program through a postseason ban. He was named the head coach of the NFL’s Houston Texans in 2014, leading the franchise to a 52-48 record, four AFC South Division titles, and four playoff ap- COACHING CAREER 2024-present: Boston College (Head Coach) 2024: Ohio State (Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks) 2023-24: New England Patriots (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) 2021-22: Alabama (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) 2014-20: Houston Texans (Head Coach) 2012-13: Penn State (Head Coach) 2011: New England Patriots (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) 2009-10: New England Patriots (Quarterbacks) 2008: New England Patriots (Wide Receivers) 2007: New England Patriots (Offensive Assistant) 2005-06: Duke (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) 2003-04: Maryland (Running Backs) 2001-02: Georgia Tech (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) 1998-00: Georgia Tech (Running Backs) 1995-97: Georgia Tech (Graduate Assistant) 1994: Brown (Inside Linebackers) 1993: Brown (Tight Ends) 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM | @BCFOOTBALL 19 BOSTONCOLLEGE Bill O’Brien THE GREGORY P. BARBER ‘69 & FAMILY HEAD COACH@BCFOOTBALL | 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM Bill O’Brien THE GREGORY P. BARBER ‘69 & FAMILY HEAD COACH 20 BOSTONCOLLEGE pearances - including two Wild Card round wins - between 2014 and 2020. While with Penn State, O’Brien was recog- nized in 2012 with a pair of national coaching awards - the Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year, and the George Munger Award for Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club. The Nittany Lions’ eight wins in 2012 were the most by a first-year head coach in Penn State his- tory, earning O’Brien Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. In 2013, O’Brien and Penn State won sev- en games, including two top 25 victories, down- ing No. 18 Michigan at home and winning at No. 14 Wisconsin. The Nittany Lions boasted two first team All-Americans during his tenure - lineback- er Michael Mauti (2012) and wide receiver Allen Robinson (2013) - and 10 All-Big Ten selections. O’Brien returned to the NFL in 2014 as the head coach of the Houston Texans. During his tenure, Houston posted five winning seasons, including back-to-back double-digit win seasons in 2018 (11-5) and 2019 (10-6). The 21 combined wins rank as the second-most in a two-year span in franchise history. Houston’s offense ranked in the top-10 in rushing in the league on four occasions. The 2019 Texans’ squad featured a 3,500-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher, and a 1,000-yard receiver for only the fourth time in franchise history. After his time in Houston, O’Brien returned to the college game as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban in 2021 and 2022. He mentored Heisman Trophy winning QB Bryce Young and helped the Crimson Tide reach the College Football Playoff national championship game in 2021. In his sec- ond season, Alabama was fourth nationally in scoring offense (41.1 points/game), 11th in total offense (477.1 yards/game) and 19th in passing offense (281.5 yards/game) en route to an 11-2 re- cord and a victory in the Sugar Bowl. O’Brien, who totaled six years across two stints on Bill Belichick’s staff, helped guide the New En- gland Patriots to two AFC titles and appearances in Super Bowl XLII and XLVI in six total years on the Patriots’ coaching staff. Most recently, he spent the 2023 season as the offensive coordina- tor and quarterbacks coach of the New England Patriots. He served in four different roles in Fox- boro, including offensive coordinator during the 2011 season. With O’Brien as the OC, the Patri- ots went 13-3, earned the top-seed in the AFC, led the AFC in scoring (32.1 points per game), and ranked second in the NFL in total offense (428.0 yards per game) on the way to the Super Bowl. O’Brien was also the quarterbacks coach for two seasons, working directly with Tom Brady. During that time, Brady earned 2010 Associated Press MVP and All-Pro First Team honors. Before entering the NFL, O’Brien gained 14 years of experience at the collegiate level, includ- ing 12 years in the ACC. His coaching career be- gan at his alma mater Brown, serving as the tight ends coach (1993) and inside linebackers coach (1994). He then began an eight-year stretch at Georgia Tech as a graduate assistant (1995-97), running backs coach (1998-00) and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2001-02). O’Brien then spent two seasons as the running backs coach at Maryland (2003-04) before a two- year stint as the offensive coordinator and quar- terbacks coach at Duke (2005-06). Originally from Dorchester, Mass., O’Brien played linebacker and defensive end at Brown and graduated with a double concentration in po- litical science and organizational behavioral man- agement in 1992. O’Brien and his wife, Colleen, have two sons, Jack and Michael.Boston’s Best Steakhouse A classic American Tavern that has served greater Boston for over 50 years. Passion for excellent food and exceptional, friendly service. 35 Market Street, BrightonStockyardRestaurant.com(617) 782-4700 Join us every Thursday night! Presented By Live 6-7 PM Listen on 850 WEEI AM FOOTBALL SHOW WITH HEAD COACH BILL O’BRIEN@BCFOOTBALL | 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM Assistant Coaches LEADING THE EAGLES 22 BOSTONCOLLEGE Darrell Wyatt was introduced as the Eagles’ wide receivers coach in 2022 and will serve as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach under Bill O’Brien in 2025. Wyatt helped oversee the evolution of Zay Flowers into a first-round NFL draft pick in 2023. Flowers was featured heavily in the BC offense as he set the program record for receiving touchdowns in a season (12), tied the receptions record (78) and posted the fourth 1,000-yard season in BC history at 1,077. Flowers also broke the career record in all three categories before being selected by the Baltimore Ravens. Flowers was an All-ACC First Team pick and Associated Press All-American. In 2023, he oversaw the development of Lewis Bond into the Eagles’ leading receiver. Bond was one of just six receivers in the ACC to catch 50 or more passes for over 1000 yards and seven touchdowns. Wyatt came to the Heights after four seasons at Central Florida. During his tenure at UCF, Wyatt spent three years working for head coach Josh Heupel and his final year with head coach Gus Malzhan. During that time, the Knights compiled a 37-12 record, including an undefeated regular season in 2018, and four bowl game appearances, including the 2019 Fiesta Bowl. In 2021, UCF averaged 206.2 passing yards and 31.9 points per game. Wyatt and the Knights produced two 500-yard receivers in Ryan O’Keefe (812) and Brandon Johnson (565). Johnson was second in the American Athletic Conference with 11 receiving touchdowns, while O’Keefe, who earned All-AAC Second Team, added seven. O’Keefe set a UCF single-season record with 84 receptions. Wyatt coached a pair of UCF All-Americans during his first three seasons in Orlando with Gabriel Davis and Marlon Williams under his tutelage. Davis was a fourth round pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2020 and has compiled 70 receptions in two years in the NFL. Prior to UCF, Wyatt served as an offensive assistant at Arkansas State in 2017. The Red Wolves produced a top-five passing offense and a top-20 total offense ranking during his lone season with the squad. Previously, he was at Houston in 2016 as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. The Cougars posted a nine-win season in 2016, including a week-one win over No. 13 Oklahoma. As an offensive analyst at Oklahoma State in 2015, the Cowboys started 10-0 and finished with a win over No. 16 Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. Wyatt was on the coaching staff at Texas from 2011-13 under Mack Brown. He was co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Longhorns in 2013, while serving as co-recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2011 and 2012. During his time at Texas, Wyatt’s wide receivers earned five All-Big 12 Conference accolades. With Wyatt’s help as co-recruiting coordinator, the 2012 Texas signing class was ranked No. 2 in the nation. In 2008-09, Wyatt was the associate head coach/offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach at Southern Mississippi. The Golden Eagles were No. 18 in the nation in scoring offense and No. 31 in total offense in 2009. In 2008, Southern Miss broke 36 offensive school records en route to the No. 20 total offensive output in the country. Wyatt also has coaching experience with Kansas, Arizona, the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, Oklahoma, Baylor, Wyoming, Sam Houston State and Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College. A native of Killeen, Texas, Wyatt is a 1989 graduate of Kansas State University where he played for two seasons after transferring from Trinity Valley in Athens, Texas. He and his wife Cindy are parents of a son, Desmond, and a daughter, Charese. Darrell Wyatt Assistant Head Coach / Wide ReceiversRequestyourBCgame transportationnow—just scantoemailourteam. FROMTHEOFFICETOTHEENDZONE FROMTHEOFFICETOTHEENDZONE TRAVELINSTYLE TRAVELINSTYLE CORPORATETRAVEL ROADSHOWS MEETINGS&EVENTS ExclusiveBC Game-Day Rates www.tbrglobal.comTim Lewis Defensive Coordinator Longtime NFL coach and coordinator Tim Lewis enters his second season as the defensive coordinator on Bill O’Brien’s staff. Lewis brings more than three decades of coaching experience, including seven as a NFL defensive coordinator. A first-round pick of the Green Bay Packers, out of Pittsburgh, in the famous 1983 NFL Draft, he has spent the last 25 years in professional football. Lewis was the defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2000-03 and then worked as the DC of the New York Giants under former BC head coach Tom Coughlin from 2004- 06. Most recently, he has spent the last five years in the XFL and United Football League as a head coach, defensive backs coach and defensive coor- dinator, including 2023 as the co-DC for the UFL champion Arlington Renegades under former National Champion head coach Bob Stoops. In the NFL, Lewis worked as the defensive backs coach in San Francisco (2015), Atlanta (2010-14), Seattle (2009) and Carolina (2007-08). He held that same role with Pittsburgh (1995-99) prior to his promotion to defensive coordinator by Hall of Fame coach Bill Cowher. As a coordinator and position coach in the league, he coached six players to All-Pro status, including Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan and two-time All- Pro safety Carnell Lake. As a player, Lewis spent four years with the Green Bay Packers from 1983-86. He played in 51 career games, starting 42. He was one of three Pitt players drafted in the first round in 1983 along with Hall of Famers Jim Covert and Dan Marino. Will Lawing Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends Will Lawing enters his second season as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach with head coach Bill O’Brien, remaining on O’Brien’s staff for the 11th straight year, across three prior stops before arriving on the Heights. Prior to joining the Eagles’ staff, Lawing spent 2023 as the tight ends coach for the New England Patriots, where tight end Hunter Henry finished as the second-leading receiver on the team, haul- ing in 42 catches for 419 yards and six touch- downs, finishing with the team’s best target rat- ing (105.5) and the most third- and fourth-down conversions (11), via PFF. Henry’s six receiving scores last season were tied for second among all tight ends, trailing only Sam LaPorta. Before to his stop in Foxborough, Lawing spent two years as an offensive analyst with O’Brien at the University of Alabama from 2021- 2022. During his two years on the Crimson Tide staff, Alabama reached the CFP National Cham- pionship as SEC champions in 2021, going 13-2 while averaging 488.3 yards of total offense per game, and claimed a Sugar Bowl victory in 2022, averaging 477.1 yards of offense per game. Lawing and the offensive staff worked with tal- ents like Heisman Trophy Winner Bryce Young, Jameson Williams, Brian Robinson Jr., and Jah- myr Gibbs, all of whom went on to the NFL. Before his stint in Tuscaloosa, Lawing worked with O’Brien on the Houston Texans staff from 2014 to 2020, spending the first three years as a defensive quality control coach before moving to offensive line assistant from 2017-18, and then tight ends coach from 2019-20. In 2018, the Texans went 11-5 and won the AFC South, with three offensive Pro Bowlers in Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hop- kins, and Lamar Miller. That year, the Texans aver- aged 126.3 rushing yards/game, and finished with the eighth-most rushing yards in the NFL. Houston won the division again in 2019, with tight end Darren Fells catching seven touch- downs, and three more offensive Pro Bowlers in Watson, Hopkins, and Laremy Tunsil. Previously, Lawing spent a season at Penn State as a graduate assistant, his first year as a member of O’Brien’s staff, and before that, four years at Juniata College in a variety of roles. A North Carolina native, Lawing played wide receiver at the University of North Carolina from 2004 to 2007. @BCFOOTBALL | 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM Assistant Coaches LEADING THE EAGLES 24 BOSTONCOLLEGE@BCFOOTBALL | 2025 FOOTBALL PROGRAM Assistant Coaches LEADING THE EAGLES 26 BOSTONCOLLEGE Matt Applebaum Offensive Line Matt Applebaum returned to BC as offensive line coach for his second stint on the Heights in 2023 and begins his fifth season with the pro- gram in 2025. He previously served as the Eagles’ offensive line coach in Hafley’s first two seasons from 2020-21. In 2024, two more Eagles O-Linemen heard their names called on NFL Draft night - Ozzy Trapilo to the Chicago Bears in the second round and Drew Kendall to the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round. Additionally, Jack Conley signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent. The 2023 BC offensive line paved the way for the second-ranked rushing attack in the ACC at 198.8 yards per game, while allowing just 1.46 sacks per game. Four of five o-linemen earned All-ACC honors, including first-team selection Christian Mahogany and second-team pick Ozzy Trapilo. Mahogany led all FBS interior linemen with the most pass block snaps (394) without al- lowing a sack or hit on the quarterback. Applebaum spent the 2022 season in the NFL as the Miami Dolphins’ offensive line coach; help- ing Miami to its first playoff appearance in six years. The Dolphins allowed five fewer sacks than the previous season and improved their rushing average from 3.5 yards per carry to 4.3; an improve- ment of nine spots in the league rankings. During his initial stint at BC, Applebaum coached nine All-ACC selections and a pair of All-Americans in Zion Johnson, who was select- ed in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, and Alec Lindstrom. The entire starting offensive line earned All-ACC in 2021, led by Johnson and Lind- strom on the first team. Upon his return, Applebaum reunited with Mahogany, who was voted All-ACC Second Team in 2021 and returned to the field after missing all of 2022 following ACL surgery. In 2021, Boston College averaged 165.2 rush- ing yards per game and allowed 2.17 sacks per game, which ranked fourth best in the ACC. The 2020 offensive line gained four All-ACC nods with Lindstrom claiming his first of two first- team picks. The line started all 11 games together and contributed to the third-ranked passing at- tack in the ACC at 284.2 yards per game. Applebaum spent the 2018-19 seasons at Towson as offensive line coach. In both seasons, Aaron Grzymkowski earned All-CAA honors – second-team in 2019 and third-team in 2018. Offensive lineman Matt Kauffman earned FCS All-America honors and was named first-team All-CAA. Applebaum’s unit helped protect quar- terback Tom Flacco, who was named CAA Of- fensive Player of the Year. The Tigers had the top scoring (34.5) and total (465.0) offense in the CAA that season. Applebaum spent the 2016-17 seasons at Da- vidson, where he coached the offensive line. He was promoted to offensive coordinator/offensive line in 2017. He also coached the offensive line for Bucknell (2013) and Southeastern Louisiana (2015). Applebaum has five years of NFL experience, including his season with the Dolphins. He was an offensive assistant for Jacksonville in 2014 and spent three seasons (2008-10) with Washington in a variety of roles. He joined Washington in 2008 as a pro personnel assistant before being promoted to college personnel assistant in 2009 and moving into coaching as an offensive assis- tant in 2010. From 2011-12, Applebaum served as a gradu- ate assistant at the University of Miami. His first coaching job came in 2008 at Central Connecti- cut State, where he served as tight ends coach and video coordinator. A Yardley, Pennsylvania native, Applebaum was a two-year starter on the offensive line at Connecticut, where he graduated with a bache- lor’s degree in political science. He and his wife, Bethany, have a son, Colton.Unlimited Car Washes ALL YOU CAN WASH One Low Price ScrubaDub Brighton • 5 Faneuil St. 617-765-7117 20+ New England Locations • ScrubaDub.com Our BEST Unlimited Plans Save BIG on Ultra & Works Plans Monthly Recurring Charge • Easy Online Opt Out FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS with coupon • new unlimited customers only Present Coupon to Attendant Expires 12/31/20251102 $6 Off Ultrawash Our Very Best Wash Express Wash, Simoniz Ceramic UltraShine, Wheel Brite, Under Wash, Rust Inhibitor, Tire Shine, and VisionClear Present Coupon to Attendant Expires 12/31/2025 1280 with couponNext >