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Boston College reportedly makes decision on head coach, former Gators assistant Steve Addazio
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Securing a bowl berth, the Boston College Eagles went into Heinz Field and upset the Pittsburgh Panthers, 26-19, on Saturday.
Snapping a two-game losing skid with the victory, it appears simply making a bowl game wasn’t enough for head coach Steve Addazio to return for an eighth season.
Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel was the first to break the news on Twitter:
Sources: BC fires coach Steve Addazio after seven seasons. Details here on @YahooSports: https://t.co/1LcUiUyjPL
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 1, 2019
Addazio ends his run in Chestnut Hill with a 44-44 (22-34 ACC) record. While his teams qualified for the postseason in six of his seven years at the helm, he never won more than seven games in a season and was victorious in just one of his bowl trips – a 36-30 triumph over the Maryland Terrapins in the 2016 Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
A native of Farmington, Connecticut, the 60-year-old Addazio began his coaching career as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Western Connecticut State from 1985-87. Following seven years as the head coach at Cheshire High School (Connecticut) from 1988-94, he joined the Syracuse Orange as the tight ends/assistant offensive line coach for two seasons (1995-96).
Residing in South Bend, Indiana as Notre Dame’s tackles and tight ends coach and special teams coordinator from 1999-2001, Addazio received his first taste of Big Ten football when he became the Hoosiers’ offensive line coach in 2002.
Working his way up to the offensive coordinator role in Bloomington by 2004, he joined Urban Meyer’s staff at Florida as the tackles/tight ends coach in 2005. Addazio would remain in Gainesville until accepting his first collegiate head coaching job with the Temple Owls in 2011.
Defeating the Wyoming Cowboys, 37-15, in the 2011 New Mexico Bowl, he went 13-11 (7-8 Mid-American Conference) during his two years in charge of the Owls’ program.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
