Bowling Green State University Athletics
Meyer Rounding Out Coaching Staff
December 12, 2000 | Football
Dec. 12, 2000
Bowling Green, Ohio - New Bowling Green State University football coach Urban Meyer is moving to finalize his coaching staff for the upcoming season.
Meyer has retained defensive/recruiting coordinator Tim Beckman, defensive line coach Mike Ward, and secondary coach Tim Banks. Beckman will be in his fourth year with the Falcons, Banks enters his third season, and Ward starts his second year on the football staff after serving eight years as the strength and conditioning coordinator.
Four individuals have begun their duties with the Falcons. Specific assignments have yet to be determined. Any other additions will occur after the first of the year.
"I think we are assembling a group of outstanding men who have the welfare of the student-athlete at the forefront of everything they do," said Meyer. "They are great teachers and offer a variety of experiences in their background which will hopefully help us compete at the highest level in the MAC."
Dan Mullen joins the Bowling Green staff after completing his second year as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame. Mullen worked on all facets of the offensive side of the ball. Mullen also had been a graduate assistant at Syracuse. The Orangemen won the Big East title and played in the Orange Bowl that year. Mullen spent the 1996 season as the wide receiver coach at Columbia and spent the 1994-95 seasons as the wide receiver coach at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. He is a 1994 graduate of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., with a degree in exercise and sport science. He was a two-year starter at tight end for the school. Mullen earned first team all-Centennial Conference honors as a senior. He earned a graduate degree from Wagner in education in 1996 and was working on his master's of science in physical education at Syracuse. Born April 27, 1972, Mullen is a native of Manchester, N.H.
A former starter at left tackle for the Falcons, Greg Studrawa returns home after spending three seasons as offensive line coach at Arkansas State. He also was an offensive line coach at Cincinnati for two years (1989 and 1990) and was the offensive coordinator at Wilmington from 1991-96. He served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State in 1997. A native of Fostoria, he is a graduate of St. Wendelin High School and was a first team All-Ohio pick as a senior. During his career at BGSU, he started two seasons at left tackle. Born November 3, 1964, Studrawa and his wife Cindy have three children Samantha (10), Katelin (7) and Allison (4).
John Bowers is a 20-year veteran of the coaching profession. He comes to BGSU from Stow High School where he served as defensive coordinator the last two years. Bowers has experience in the MAC serving on staffs at Eastern Michigan (1998 and 1993-94) and Kent State (1997) where he was the defensive coordinator. In 1996 at Eastern Illinois, Bowers helped direct a defense that ranked 11th in the nation overall and seventh against the rush. The Panthers had a two-year record of 18-6 and the 1995 squad won the Gateway Conference championship. He began his coaching career at James Madison as a football graduate assistant coach from 1979-80. Bowers became an assistant football coach at Washington & Lee for one season, 1981, and then spent two years as an assistant at Shepherd. Bowers moved on to Austin Peay as an assistant coach from 1984-87 before joining Illinois State as assistant from 1988-92. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Bowers graduated from JMU in 1979 after competing in football and baseball. He was the football team's offensive most valuable player and captain twice, in both 1977 and 1978 and also earned his master's degree in education in 1980. He and his wife, Joanne have two sons David (17) and Ross (4).
John Hevesy joins the Falcons after spending four years as offensive line coach at Brown and one at Syracuse. Hevesy's 1999 Ivy League Championship offensive line blocked for 3,262 passing yards and four school records. In 1998, Hevesy's offensive line blocked for nine school records, including a record 3,316 passing yards. He coached three All-Ivy players each season. In 1997, Hevesy served as a graduate assistant coach at Syracuse, working with the Big East Champions' offensive line. A native of Madison, Connecticut, Hevesy attended Daniel Hand High School. He went on to be a four-year offensive lineman for the University of Maine Black Bears, graduating in 1994. He went on to serve as an assistant coach at Trinity College from 1994-95 before joining the Brown coaching staff.
