Football
Bedell, Brad
Brad Bedell
- Title:
- Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line
- Email:
- bradleybedell@boisestate.edu
Brad Bedell is entering his fourth season as the Broncos' offensive line coach and first as run game coordinator in 2020, having joined the staff prior to the start of the 2017 season.
Bedell, who previously worked under head coach Bryan Harsin at Arkansas State, had most recently served as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Lamar, where he was hired in January 2017 following a season at Baylor.
Under Bedell's tutelage, four of the Broncos' five starting offensive linemen received All-Mountain West recognition, with left tackle Ezra Cleveland and left guard John Molchon each being named to the First Team. Center Garrett Larson earned second-team honors, while right guard Eric Quevedo was named honorable mention.
Cleveland would go on to be selected in the second round (58th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, extending Boise State's streak of having a member of the offense selected to seven years.
In 2019, the Bronco line extended Boise State's streak of seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher to 11, opening holes for freshman George Holani's 1,014-yard campaign. Overall, the line provided protection and plowed the road for a Bronco offense that finished the campaign 19th in the country in scoring (34.7 ppg).
In Bedell’s first year with the Broncos, four of Boise State’s starting five linemen received all-conference recognition, highlighted by center Mason Hampton, who received first-team accolades. Hampton was also named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded annually to college football’s top scholar-athlete. Additionally, Ezra Cleveland, Archie Lewis and John Molchon picked up all-league recognition.
In 2018, Cleveland and Molchon repeated as all-league selections, each picking up first-team honors after helping to pave the way for a 10th-straight 1,000-yard individual rushing performance, the longest active streak in the country and tied for the third-longest streak in college football history, behind only North Carolina (12; 1973-84) and Texas (11; 1995-2005).
The Broncos’ offensive line also protected quarterback Brett Rypien, who was named the 2018 Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year following the season, and helped Boise State conclude the season ranked in the top 25 nationally in both total offense (21st; 459.5 yards per game) and scoring offense (20th; 35.4 points per game).
Bedell began his coaching career as an offensive intern at Colorado (2007-09), his alma mater, where he garnered first-team All-America and All-Big 12 First Team honors at right guard following his senior campaign in 1999. He then went on to play six seasons in the National Football League, spending time with the Browns (2000-01), Dolphins (2003), Packers (2004-05) and Texans (2006).
Bedell's debut as a full-time assistant was spent at Northern Colorado in 2010, where he mentored a pair of All-Big Sky selections as offensive line coach. He moved on to UC Davis in 2011, serving as the team's offensive line coach and run game coordinator, again producing a pair of all-league selections.
He coached at New Mexico State in 2012, with another pupil picking up all-conference accolades, before joining Harsin at Arkansas State in 2013. A-State captured the Sun Belt Championship and a victory in the GoDaddy Bowl that season, helping to lead an offensive attack that averaged more than 200 rushing yards per game behind two All-Sun Belt honorees along the offensive line.
Following two seasons as the offensive line coach at Texas State (2014-15), Bedell joined the Baylor staff as an offensive quality control assistant and assistant director of operations in the spring of 2016, and remained on staff for the duration of the 2016 season.
Bedell, who previously worked under head coach Bryan Harsin at Arkansas State, had most recently served as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Lamar, where he was hired in January 2017 following a season at Baylor.
Under Bedell's tutelage, four of the Broncos' five starting offensive linemen received All-Mountain West recognition, with left tackle Ezra Cleveland and left guard John Molchon each being named to the First Team. Center Garrett Larson earned second-team honors, while right guard Eric Quevedo was named honorable mention.
Cleveland would go on to be selected in the second round (58th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, extending Boise State's streak of having a member of the offense selected to seven years.
In 2019, the Bronco line extended Boise State's streak of seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher to 11, opening holes for freshman George Holani's 1,014-yard campaign. Overall, the line provided protection and plowed the road for a Bronco offense that finished the campaign 19th in the country in scoring (34.7 ppg).
In Bedell’s first year with the Broncos, four of Boise State’s starting five linemen received all-conference recognition, highlighted by center Mason Hampton, who received first-team accolades. Hampton was also named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded annually to college football’s top scholar-athlete. Additionally, Ezra Cleveland, Archie Lewis and John Molchon picked up all-league recognition.
In 2018, Cleveland and Molchon repeated as all-league selections, each picking up first-team honors after helping to pave the way for a 10th-straight 1,000-yard individual rushing performance, the longest active streak in the country and tied for the third-longest streak in college football history, behind only North Carolina (12; 1973-84) and Texas (11; 1995-2005).
The Broncos’ offensive line also protected quarterback Brett Rypien, who was named the 2018 Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year following the season, and helped Boise State conclude the season ranked in the top 25 nationally in both total offense (21st; 459.5 yards per game) and scoring offense (20th; 35.4 points per game).
Bedell began his coaching career as an offensive intern at Colorado (2007-09), his alma mater, where he garnered first-team All-America and All-Big 12 First Team honors at right guard following his senior campaign in 1999. He then went on to play six seasons in the National Football League, spending time with the Browns (2000-01), Dolphins (2003), Packers (2004-05) and Texans (2006).
Bedell's debut as a full-time assistant was spent at Northern Colorado in 2010, where he mentored a pair of All-Big Sky selections as offensive line coach. He moved on to UC Davis in 2011, serving as the team's offensive line coach and run game coordinator, again producing a pair of all-league selections.
He coached at New Mexico State in 2012, with another pupil picking up all-conference accolades, before joining Harsin at Arkansas State in 2013. A-State captured the Sun Belt Championship and a victory in the GoDaddy Bowl that season, helping to lead an offensive attack that averaged more than 200 rushing yards per game behind two All-Sun Belt honorees along the offensive line.
Following two seasons as the offensive line coach at Texas State (2014-15), Bedell joined the Baylor staff as an offensive quality control assistant and assistant director of operations in the spring of 2016, and remained on staff for the duration of the 2016 season.
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