Football
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
- Email:
- UNTFootball@unt.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Houston, 2008
Mike Bloesch serves as UNT’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator and primary play caller ahead of the 2021 season, and moved to quarterbacks coach in February 2022. Bloesch was originally named the Mean Green’s co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in January 2020.
In 2021, Bloesch directed one of the nation’s leading rushing attacks and mentored one of the best offensive line units in the country. The Mean Green finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally in rushing offense (234.1 ypg) as DeAndre Torrey rushed for 1,215 yards on the year, the seventh-best single season total in UNT history.
Behind an offensive line that allowed only 15 sacks, the eighth-fewest in FBS, the Mean Green rushed for 32 touchdowns on the season. That total is the second most for a UNT team and the most since 1951’s program record 33.
Bloesch served as a co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2020, his first season in Denton, helping guide the Mean Green to the eighth-ranked total offense in the nation in 2020, averaging 513.2 yards per game, and averaged 6.59 yards per play (22nd-best in FBS). Bloesch, while leading a major turnaround along the offensive line, helped guide the Mean Green to 34.4 points per game, which ranked 23rd in the country. UNT's passing attack ranked 25th in the country at 283.0 yards per game, and the rushing attack ranked 13th nationally at 230.2 yards per game. Senior wide receiver Jaelon Darden had an All-America season, earning honors from every major outlet/awards group at either first or second team levels. Darden caught 74 passes for 1,190 yards and 19 touchdowns in just nine games, and was named the Conference USA Most Valuable Player.
Bloesch spent five seasons on The University of Tulsa coaching staff from 2015-19, the last four as offensive line coach. He joined Tulsa ahead of the 2015 season as the offensive quality control coach and was promoted to offensive line coach in December of that year prior to Tulsa’s appearance in the Camping World Independence Bowl.
His first full season as Tulsa’s offensive line coach was 2016. Bloesch’s front line paved the way for a Hurricane offense that set a school record with eight 300+ rushing games, which was also the second-most 300+ rushing games in the NCAA in 2016. It was an offense that also set an NCAA record by becoming the first FBS/DI school to have a 3,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season.
Bloesch coached four offensive linemen to seven American Athletic Conference honors during his tenure. In 2016, Tulsa’s Blake Belcher and Chandler Miller earned first-team all-league honors, while Tyler Bowling and Evan Plagg were second-team honorees. Miller and Bowling repeated as all-conference selections in 2017, while Bowling, despite missing six games with an injury, earned his third all-conference recognition in 2018.
Before coming to Tulsa, Bloesch spent the 2014 season as a football analyst at his alma mater, the University of Houston. In his role, Bloesch was responsible for providing analytical support for the offensive coaching staff including video breakdown, self and opponent scouting, game day support and analysis of the football program.
Previously, Bloesch spent three seasons (2011-13) as the offensive coordinator at Temple High School. In his three seasons with the Wildcats, Bloesch helped lead the program to a 19-13 record, capturing the District 8-5A championship in 2013, while averaging 44 points and 512 offensive yards per game. He also served as the school's Powerlifting head coach, Middle School Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator.
Bloesch began his coaching career as the offensive line coach at Abilene Cooper High School in 2009. In two years, Cooper captured the District 4-4A championship in 2009 and District 3-5A championship in 2010. Cooper had a combined record of 20-6 in Bloesch's two seasons, while setting school records for most points (528) and most offensive yards in a season (6,040) in 2010.
As a player at Houston, Bloesch started 37 consecutive games at offensive guard from 2006-08, while helping lead the Cougars to their first bowl victory in 28 years. He earned Conference USA honorable mention all-conference honors in 2007 and 2008.
Bloesch received his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology-Sports Administration from Houston and a master’s degree in Education Administration from Lamar University in 2013. Bloesch and his wife Lexi have two children, Beau and Drew.
Coaching History
2009-10: Abilene (Texas) Cooper HS, offensive line
2011-13: Temple (Texas) HS, offensive coordinator/offensive line
2014: Houston, analyst
2015: Tulsa, quality control
2016-19: Tulsa, offensive line
2020: North Texas, co-offensive coordinator/offensive line
2021: North Texas, offensive coordinator/offensive line
2022-current: North Texas, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
