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Brian White

Title:
Senior Analyst/Running Backs
Email:
Phone:
419-372-7083

Coach White
Hometown	Groveland, Mass.
College	Harvard (1986, BA) Fordham (1987, MA) Notre Dame (1990, MBA)
Family	Wife, Salli, children Cassidy and Jackson
Coaching History
1986-87	Fordham, Graduate Assistant
1988-89	Notre Dame, Graduate Assistant
1990	UNLV, Quarterbacks
1991-92	UNLV, Running Backs
1993	Nevada, Wide Receivers
1994	UNLV, Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
1995-98	Wisconsin, Running Backs
1999-06	Wisconsin, Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs
2006-07	Syracuse, Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
2008	Washington, Special Team Coordinator/Tight Ends
2009-10	Florida, Tight Ends/Fullbacks
2011-14	Florida, Running Backs
2015	Boston College, Wide Receivers
2016-19	Boston College, Running Backs
2020-21	Colorado State, Senior Associate Head Coach/Running Backs
2021	Colorado State, Interim Head Coach
2022-24	Bowling Green, Running Backs
2025-pres.	Bowling Green, Senior Analyst/Running Backs

Brian White joined Scot Loeffler's staff February 2022 as the running backs coach. White, who has previously worked with Loeffler at Florida (2009-10) and Boston College (2016-18), came to Bowling Green after spending two seasons at Colorado State as the senior associate head coach and running backs coach.

White is one of the nation’s preeminent developers of talent at the running back position, which dates back to an 11-year tenure at Wisconsin where he coached and developed 1999 Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne, 2001 NFL first-rounder Michael Bennett, and 2001 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Anthony Davis. During his time at Wisconsin, White was named the 2004 winner of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I Assistant Coach of the Year.

In 2023 White oversaw a running back unit headlined by second-tea All-MAC Terion Stewart, who missed the final four games of the year with an injury. Despite missing four games, Stewart finished the year No. 4 in the nation with 78 broken tackles, tied for No. 25 in the nation with 6.1 yards per rush and his 4.81 yards per rush after contact ranked No. 2 in the nation among those with at least 100 rushing attempts. Running back Ta'ron Keith also became the first player in BGSU history with 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game when he accomplished the feat at Kent State. Keith finished the year No. 3 in the nation among running backs with 457 receiving yards. He also finished No. 3 in the nation among running backs with 44 receptions.

Prior to his two seasons in Fort Collins (2020-21), White spent five years at Boston College where he helped develop AJ Dillon, the first BC running back to rush for 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons. Including 2019, Dillon rushed for at least 1,000 yards in each of his three seasons under White’s direction and was a second-round selection by the Green Bay Packers in the 2020 NFL Draft.

In 2019, Dillon was named first-team All-ACC for the second consecutive season and finished as the nation’s No. 6 overall rusher with 1,685 yards. Dillon was honored in 2017 as the ACC Rookie of the Year as the nation’s second-leading rusher among freshmen and the No. 7 overall rusher in the nation. His 1,589 rushing yards were the second-most by any ACC freshman in conference history.

In 2018, White was part of an offensive staff that finished as the sixth-highest scoring offense in BC history (120 seasons) at 32.0 points per game. That season, the Eagles opened the year with 40+ points in its first three games, which was the first time in 120 seasons of football at the Heights the Eagles had achieved that accomplishment.

Over his career, White has coached in 20 bowl games and served on coaching staffs that have won a national title and two league championships.

Prior to his move to Boston College, where he initially coached wide receivers in 2015, White was an assistant coach at Florida from 2009-14 under head coaches Urban Meyer and Will Muschamp. In 2013-14, the Florida rushing unit averaged 5.1 yards per carry and scored a total of 36 touchdowns on the ground. In 2012, White led a rushing attack that ranked third in the SEC (188.0). That same season, White coached Mike Gillislee to the first 1,000-yard season at UF since 2004 and just the 10th all-time. Gillislee earned first team All-SEC honors in his only year as a starting tailback.

During each of his first eight years at Wisconsin, White helped the Badgers produce a 1,000- yard rusher. In 2001, Davis ranked fifth in the nation in rushing and wide receiver Lee Evans set the Big Ten record for single-season receiving yards. In 2000, Bennett was the nation’s third-leading rusher and had a school-record six 200-yard passing games. White was the running backs coach during the Badgers’ 1998 Big Ten championship season and was the offensive coordinator the next year when UW repeated as league champions.

White also has previous experience coaching at current Mountain West member schools. As the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach for UNLV in 1994, the Rebels ranked 14th in the nation in passing offense (265.0), and in 1993, at Nevada, the Wolf Pack led the nation in total offense (582.7) and passing offense (401.0). White was also a graduate assistant for the 1988 Notre Dame team that won the National Championship.

A two-year starter at quarterback for Harvard (1983-86), White earned his bachelor’s degree in history (1986) from the institution before going on to earn a master’s degree in communications from Fordham where he was a graduate assistant in coaching. Following Fordham, White earned his master of business administration degree at Notre Dame in 1990.

White and his wife, Salli, have two children: Cassidy and Jackson.