Mike Bloomgren

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Mike Bloomgren | image = 2018-0718-CUSA-MikeBloomgren.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Bloomgren at 2018 C-USA Kickoff | current_team = New York Giants | position = Offensive line coach | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|25}} | birth_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = | college = Culver–Stockton | career_position =te | career_number = | pastcoaching = * Alabama (1999–2001) Graduate assistant * Catawba (2002–2004) Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line coach & special teams coach * Delta State (2005–2006) Offensive coordinator, offensive line coach & special teams coach * {{ubl|New York Jets ({{nfly|2007|2010}})}} ** {{ubl|Offensive quality control coach ({{nfly|2007|2008}})}} ** {{ubl|Offensive assistant ({{nfly|2009|2010}})}} * {{ubl|Stanford (2011–2017)}} ** {{ubl|Run game coordinator & offensive line coach (2011–2012)}} ** {{ubl|Offensive coordinator & offensive line coach (2013)}} ** {{ubl|Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator & offensive line coach (2014–2017)}} * Rice (2018–2024) Head coach * Cleveland Browns ({{nfly|2025}}) Offensive line coach * New York Giants ({{nfly|2026}}–present) Offensive line coach | highlights = | regular_record =  | playoff_record =  | overall_record = NCAA: {{Winning percentage|24|52|record=y}} | pfrcoach = }}

'''Michael Scott Bloomgren''' (born January 25, 1977) is an American professional football coach who is the offensive line coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head football coach at Rice University from 2018 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/rice-hire-stanford-offensive-coordinator-mike-bloomgren-head-coach-171143488.html|title=Rice to hire Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren as head coach|access-date=December 5, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to beginning his coaching career, Bloomgren played the tight end position at Culver–Stockton College.

==Early life== Bloomgren prepped at Florida High School in Tallahassee, Florida. He played college football as a tight end at Culver–Stockton College. He graduated from Florida State University magna cum laude with his bachelor's degree in sports management, with a minor in business, in 1999.

During his time at Florida State, he also worked as an undergraduate assistant to the linebackers.

==Coaching career== ===Alabama=== In 1999, Bloomgren became a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, he earned his master's degree in higher education administration with a 4.0 GPA.

===Catawba College=== After earning his graduate degree, Bloomgren went on to serve as an assistant at Catawba College from January 2002 to March 2005.

===Delta State=== From March 2005 to February 2007, Bloomgren served as the offensive coordinator, offensive line and special teams coach at Delta State University.

===New York Jets=== After leaving Delta State in February 2007, Bloomgren had a three-week stint at Texas A&M before accepting an offensive quality control position with the New York Jets. He served in this position under Brian Schottenheimer, and Bill Callahan. In 2009, when Rex Ryan became the head coach of the New York Jets, Bloomgren accepted a position as assistant offensive coordinator.

===Stanford=== In 2011, Bloomgren accepted the running game coordinator/offensive line coaching position at Stanford under head coach David Shaw.

Bloomgren was promoted to offensive coordinator in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=New York Jets offensive assistant Mike Bloomgren |url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/coach/1229-mike-bloomgren |accessdate=February 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212092208/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/coach/1229-mike-bloomgren |archivedate=February 12, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New York Jets assistant coaches |url=http://www.nfl.com/teams/coaches?coaType=head&team=NYJ |accessdate=February 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stanford promoted Mike Bloomgren to Offensive Coordinator |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/stanford-cardinal/ci_22473821/stanford-promotes-mike-bloomgren-offensive-coordinator |accessdate=April 1, 2013}}</ref> As OC, he coached Christian McCaffrey, who was the first Stanford running back to rush for 2,000 yards and surpassed Barry Sanders' NCAA record of 3,250 all-purpose yards, finishing with 3,864.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf | title=Football Bowl Subdivision Records | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251230141843/https://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf | archive-date=2025-12-30}}</ref>

===Rice=== On December 5, 2017, it was announced that Bloomgren was hired to replace David Bailiff as the head coach at Rice University.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com.au/college-football/story/_/id/21677043/rice-owls-hire-stanford-cardinal-offensive-coordinator-mike-bloomgren-next-head-coach|title=Sources: Rice to hire Stanford OC Bloomgren|work=ESPN.com|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>

Despite two bowl appearances, Rice never had a winning season under Bloomgren's tenure, and their best season against conference teams was a 4-4 season in 2023. One highlight of his time at Rice was coaching future NFL wide receiver Luke McCaffrey, who transferred to Rice from Nebraska in 2021. McCaffrey, the son of Ed and brother of Christian, was named to the 2023 All-AAC conference team, and was later drafted in the 3rd round of the 2024 NFL draft by the Washington Commanders.

Rice fired Bloomgren on October 27, 2024, after a 2–6 start to the 2024 season. Pete Alamar succeeded him as interim head coach.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thamel |first=Pete |date=2024-10-27 |title=Sources: Rice fires HC Bloomgren after 2-6 start |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42035636/sources-rice-fires-football-coach-mike-bloomgren |access-date=2024-10-27 |work=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Cleveland Browns=== On January 8, 2025, Bloomgren was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their offensive line coach under head coach Kevin Stefanski.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-announce-mike-bloomgren-as-new-offensive-line-coach|title=Browns announce Mike Bloomgren as new offensive line coach|first=Kelsey|last=Russo|publisher=Cleveland Browns|date=January 8, 2025|accessdate=January 8, 2025}}</ref>

===New York Giants=== On February 18, 2026, the New York Giants hired Bloomgren as their offensive line coach under head coach John Harbaugh.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Salomone |title=John Harbaugh announces 2026 Giants coaching staff |url=https://www.giants.com/news/john-harbaugh-announces-2026-coaching-staff-coordinators-matt-nagy-dennard-wilson-chris-horton |work=New York Giants |date=February 18, 2026 |access-date=February 18, 2026}}</ref>

==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Rice Owls | conf = Conference USA | startyear = 2018 | endyear = 2022 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2018 | name = Rice | overall = 2–11 | conference = 1–7 | confstanding = T–6th (West) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2019 | name = Rice | overall = 3–9 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = T–4th (West) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2020 | name = Rice | overall = 2–3 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = 5th (West) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2021 | name = Rice | overall = 4–8 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = 5th (West) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2022 | name = Rice | overall = 5–8 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = LendingTree | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Rice Owls | conf = American Athletic Conference | startyear = 2023 | endyear = 2024 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2023 | name = Rice | overall = 6–7 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = First Responder | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2024 | name = Rice | overall = 2–6 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = {{efn|group=record|Rice fired Bloomgren after 8 games.}} | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Rice | overall = 24–52 | confrecord = 17–32 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 24–52 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }} {{notelist|group=record}}

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==External links== * [https://www.giants.com/team/coaches-roster/mike-bloomgren New York Giants profile] * [https://riceowls.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-bloomgren/1720 Rice Owls profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140809021131/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=749929&SPID=127013&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208167701&Q_SEASON=2014 Stanford Cardinal profile]

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