Football
- Title:
- Offensive Line Coach & Run Game Coordinator
- Email:
- bowen.591@osu.edu
Offensive Line Coach / Run Game Coordinator
Ohio State Football
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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day announced in February 2025 the addition of Tyler Bowen to the coaching staff as offensive line coach and run game coordinator. Bowen comes to Ohio State after spending the past two seasons as offensive coordinator at Virginia Tech.
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“I am really pleased to announce the addition of Tyler Bowen, and his family, to our coaching staff,” said Day. “He’s a terrific coach who will bring experience to the staff along with an excellent record as a recruiter.
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Bowen comes to Ohio State with seven years of experience at Power 4 schools plus a stint in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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From 2017 through 2024 – through stops at Maryland, Penn State and Virginia Tech – Bowen has coached the offensive line, tight ends and quarterbacks. He’s been a coordinator at both Penn State and Virginia Tech with success at both schools. While in State College, Bowen recruited tight end Tyler Warren, who won the Mackey Award in 2024, and offensive tackle Olumuyiwa Fashanu, the 11th overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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Over three seasons on the Penn State staff, from 2018 through 2020, Bowen served as the Nittany Lions’ tight ends coach and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator for the 2020 season. He was the interim offensive coordinator for Penn State’s 2019 Goodyear Cotton Bowl when the Nittany Lions defeated Memphis, 53-39, and had 396 rushing yards.
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Bowen’s Virgina Tech offense averaged nearly 180 yards rushing per game in 2024. In 2023, quarterback Kyron Drones passed for 2,085 yards and 17 touchdowns while also rushing for 818 yards and five scores.
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Prior to his tenure at Penn State, Bowen served as the offensive line coach at his alma mater, the University of Maryland, during the 2017 season. The Helena, Georgia native spent two years at Fordham, serving as offensive coordinator/offensive line coach in 2016 after joining the Rams as offensive line coach in 2015. Under his direction in 2016, the Rams’ offense led the Patriot League and finished fourth in the FCS in both scoring offense (40.1 points per game) and total offense (498.2 yards per game).
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Bowen began his coaching career at Maryland in 2010 before moving on to Towson (2013) as a tight ends coach and Penn State (2014) as a graduate assistant.
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He and his wife, Ginny, have two children, a daughter and a son. Bowen earned his bachelor’s degree in communication and master’s degree in minority and urban education from the University of Maryland.
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Tyler Bowen Quick Facts
Hometown: Helena, Ga. Â Â
High School: Telfair County H.S.
Alma Mater: Maryland
Degree: Communication
Master’s: Minority and Urban Education (Maryland)
Year in Coaching: 16th (First at Ohio State)
Family: Wife, Ginny; son and daughter
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Tyler Bowen Coaching Assignments
2025-pres.  Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator.......................     Ohio State
2023-24Â Â Â Â Â Â Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks......................... Â Â Â Â Virginia Tech
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tight Ends................................................................. Â Â Â Â Â Virginia Tech
2021Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tight Ends................................................................. Â Â Â Â Â Jacksonville Jaguars
2020Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Co-Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends....................... Â Â Â Â Â Penn State
2019Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Interim Offensive Coordinator.................................... Â Â Â Â Â Penn State
2018-19Â Â Â Â Â Â Tight Ends................................................................. Â Â Â Â Â Penn State
2017Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Offensive Line........................................................... Â Â Â Â Â Maryland
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line...................... Â Â Â Â Â Fordham
2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Offensive Line........................................................... Â Â Â Â Â Fordham
2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Graduate Assistant..................................................... Â Â Â Â Â Penn State
2013Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tight Ends................................................................. Â Â Â Â Â Towson
2011-12Â Â Â Â Â Â Graduate Assistant..................................................... Â Â Â Â Â Maryland
2010Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Student Assistant........................................................ Â Â Â Â Â Maryland
