Mike Bajakian

Mike Bajakian
UMass Minutemen
Position:	Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Born:	August 4, 1974 (age 50); River Vale, New Jersey, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Bergen Catholic; (Oradell, New Jersey)
College:	Williams
Career history
As a coach:
	Delbarton School (1996–1997); Quarterbacks coach & passing game coordinator; Rutgers (1998–1999); Graduate assistant; Sacred Heart (2000); Quarterbacks coach; Michigan (2000–2001); Graduate assistant; Central Michigan (2002–2003); Quarterbacks coach; Chicago Bears (2004–2006); Offensive quality control coach; Central Michigan (2007–2009); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Cincinnati (2010–2012); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Tennessee (2013–2014); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015–2018); Quarterbacks coach; Boston College (2019); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Northwestern (2020–2023); Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; Utah (2024); Offensive analyst; Utah (2024); Interim offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach; UMass (2025–present); Offensive coordinator;

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.

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]

^ "Jones Announces Coaching Staff". utsports.com. December 13, 2012.
^ "Cincinnati Football Coaches Profile". GoBearcats.com. University of Cincinnati Athletics.
^ 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."
^ 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."
^ "UT coaches profile".