Mike Bajakian

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Mike Bajakian
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
Team UMass
Conference MAC
Biographical details
Born (1974-08-04) August 4, 1974 (age 50)
River Vale, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater Williams College (1996)
Playing career
1992–1995 Williams
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 Delbarton School (NJ) (QB/PGC)
1998–1999 Rutgers (GA)
2000 Sacred Heart (QB)
2000–2001 Michigan (GA)
2002–2003 Central Michigan (QB)
2004–2006 Chicago Bears (OQC)
2007–2009Central Michigan (OC/QB)
2010–2012 Cincinnati (OC/QB)
2013–2014 Tennessee (OC/QB)
2015–2018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (QB)
2019 Boston College (OC/QB)
2020–2023 Northwestern (OC/QB)
2024 Utah (off. analyst)
2024Utah (interim OC/interim QB)
2025–present UMass (OC/QB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
First-team All-NESCAC (1995)

Mike Bajakian (born August 4, 1974) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the UMass Minutemen. He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and as the offensive coordinator at Boston College, Tennessee, [1] Cincinnati, [2] Central Michigan, Northwestern, and Utah.

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Personal life

Bajakian grew up in River Vale, New Jersey [3] and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School with the class of 1992. [4]

He is married to Michelene, and together they have five children: Mary, Anna, Emma, Samuel and Rose. [5]

Bajakian is of Armenian descent. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jones Announces Coaching Staff". utsports.com. December 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cincinnati Football Coaches Profile". GoBearcats.com. University of Cincinnati Athletics.
  3. ↑ Brown, Patrick. "2013 College Blitz - Can they score?", Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 25, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2015. "Though he majored in history, Bajakian taught a variety of math classes, from algebra and geometry to trigonometry and pre-calculus, at the Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., less than an hour east of New York City and 40 miles northwest of his hometown of River Vale, N.J."
  4. ↑ Conrad, JJ. "Recruiting: Updates on Bergen Catholic Football, including QB Jarrett Guarantano" Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Varsity Aces, January 23, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015. "And with Tennessee, the current offensive coordinator, Mike Bajakian, is a Bergen Catholic graduate (’92) — scratch that, Bajakian was hired Thursday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB coach — and the Vols’ head coach, Butch Jones, was a grad assistant at Rutgers when Guarantano’s father was at Rutgers."
  5. ↑ "UT coaches profile".
  6. ↑ Barber, Phil (February 3, 2016). "The Rooney Rule and the Trouble with Defining "Minorities"". VICE. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
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