[Coaching Profile] Tom O'Brien

[EnviedOne]

Tom O'Brien
Head Coach
College Coaching Experience: 30 Yrs (7 with Eagles)
School: Navy
Born: October 5, 1948

Coaching Experience
1997-present Head Coach, Boston College
1994-96 Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach, University of Virginia
1991-94 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach, University of Virginia
1982-90 Guards/Centers Coach, University of Virginia
1975-81 Tackles/Tight Ends Coach, U.S. Naval Academy

Bowl Games as a Coach
• 2003 Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl (Boston College), Boston College 35, Colorado State 21
• 2002 Motor City Bowl (Boston College), Boston College 51, Toledo 25
• 2001 Music City Bowl (Boston College), Boston College 20, Georgia 16
• 2000 Aloha Bowl (Boston College), Boston College 31, Arizona State 17
• 1999 Insight.com Bowl (Boston College), Colorado 62, Boston College 28
• Carquest Bowl (Virginia), Miami 31, Virginia 21
• Peach Bowl (Virginia), Virginia 34, Georgia 27
• Independence Bowl (Virginia), Virginia 20, Texas Christian 10
• Carquest Bowl (Virginia), Boston College 31, Virginia 13
• Gator Bowl (Virginia), Oklahoma 48, Virginia 14
• USF&G Sugar Bowl (Virginia), Tennessee 23, Virginia 22
• Florida Citrus Bowl (Virginia), Illinois 31, Virginia 21
• All-American Bowl (Virginia), Virginia 22, Brigham Young 16
• Peach Bowl (Virginia), Virginia 27, Purdue 24
• Liberty Bowl (Navy), Ohio State 31, Navy 28
• Garden State Bowl (Navy), Houston 35, Navy 0
• Holiday Bowl (Navy), Navy 23, Brigham Young 15


Coaching Accomplishments


• 2003: Led BC to an 8-5 record, which included road victories over No. 25 Penn State and No. 12 Virginia Tech and the Eagles' fourth win in five years over archrival Notre Dame. The Eagles accepted a bid to the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl, marking their fifth straight bowl game appearance. By defeating Colorado State, 35-21, the Eagles became the only team in America to have won a bowl game for the past four consecutive seasons.
• 2002: Led BC to a 9-4 record and a 51-25 win over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl, BC's fourth straight bowl game appearance and third consecutive bowl game victory. Won 32 games over a four-year period, tying the 1981-84 group for the most wins over a four-year period in the past 60 years of BC football.
• 2001: Led BC to its third straight winning season with a 8-4 record, a 4-3 mark in BIG EAST play and a top 25 finish in both major polls for the first time in seven years.
• 2000: Led Boston College to its second consecutive winning season with a 7-5 record and a second straight bowl appearance, a 31-17 win over Arizona State in the Aloha Bowl.
• 1999: Engineered the third-best turnaround in Division I college football - Eagles finished the regular season with an 8-3 record and a top-25 national ranking.
• 1998: All-American Mike Cloud becomes Boston College's all-time leading rusher.
• Virginia scored 320 points during the 1996 regular season to become the first ACC team to score at least 300 points in eight consecutive years.
• 1996: Virginia goes to the Carquest Bowl, marking the 12th time in 18 years O'Brien was on a staff that played in a bowl game.
• 1995: Virginia wins ACC championship, the second while O'Brien was on staff.


Academic Honor Roll


2004 - Boston College and Northwestern win the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award with a 100% graduation rate for the entering class of 1998-99.
2003 - BC's 95% graduation rate is best in Division I-A football.
2003 - AFCA Academic Achievement Award, Honorable Mention
2002 - AFCA Academic Achievement Award, Honorable Mention
2000 - AFCA Academic Achievement Award, Honorable Mention; RaMon Johnson named Big East Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year
1999 - AFCA Academic Achievement Award, Honorable Mention
1998 - AFCA Academic Achievement Award, Honorable Mention
Playing Career
1968-70: A three-year starter at defensive end from 1968-70 at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Playing Accomplishments


• A three-year starter at defensive end for the Midshipmen from 1968-70.
• Inducted into the St. Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987, one of the youngest ever selected, joining fellow alumni such as baseball Hall of Famer Jim Bunning and Notre Dame All-American quarterback George Ratterman.

Head Coaching Record (all at BC)


1997 Won 4, Lost 7
1998 Won 4, Lost 7
1999 Won 8, Lost 4
2000 Won 7, Lost 5
2001 Won 8, Lost 4
2002 Won 9, Lost 4
2003 Won 8, Lost 5
TOTAL Won 48, Lost 36

[QueensNY]

Let Washington have him. I DON'T want this guy coaching ND.

[NDLyght37]

Originally Posted by QueensNY

Let Washington have him. I DON'T want this guy coaching ND.

Yeah that's a violation of an unwritten rule. It'd be like Billy Martin coaching the Red Sox...besides, I hope Ty gets the UW gig (or heads to the NFL to coach in AZ).

[Vince Young]

The guy's winning percentage is a whopping .571, while Ty's winning percentage here at Notre Dame was .583.

Geez, if you're gonna fire a guy after only 3 years, at least replace him with someone who is actually, you know, BETTER.

[bmf175]

Oh that would be a great idea...Hire the coach that let his players trash our locker rooms and cut up our field. BC sucks and so does he.