BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University football coach Scot Loeffler on Monday named Sammy Lawanson as the Falcons’ new outside linebackers coach, replacing the departed Cato June.
“Sammy is a seasoned veteran coach with 23 years of experience at the collegiate, professional, and high school levels,” Loeffler said in a news release. “He is a former college teammate with defensive coordinator Eric Lewis at San Diego State and brings familiarity to the defensive team room under coach Lewis' direction. He has cultivated results at each of his stops, and we won't miss a beat as Sammy provides an immediate impact on our outside backers.”
Lawanson arrives after a two-year stint at the Football Championship Subdivision’s Northern Arizona University as a outside linebackers coach and a nickelback coach. He was teammates with Lewis at San Diego State in the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
“I am very excited to be joining Bowling Green,” Lawanson said. "I think coach Loeffler and the coaching staff are on the cusp of doing something great here.”
June left BGSU in February to become an assistant linebackers coach with the Indianapolis Colts.
Here is an updated breakdown of Bowling Green's 2022 coaching staff:
- Scot Loeffler, head coach
- Steve Morrison, associate head coach/inside linebackers
- Greg Nosal, co-offensive coordinator/tight ends
- Max Warner, co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
- Brian White, running backs
- Erik Campbell, passing game coordinator/wide receivers
- Chris Hedden, offensive run game coordinator/offensive line
- Eric Lewis, defensive coordinator/defensive backs
- Julian Campenni, pressure and blitz coordinator/defensive line
- Sammy Lawanson, outside linebackers
- Alex Bayer, special teams coordinator
First Published March 14, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
