Nick Bobeck

Title

Head Football Coach
Email

nbobeck@uco.edu
Phone

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Nick Bobeck enters his 10th season as head coach of the University of Central Oklahoma football program in 2021. He has a 43-47 career record coaching his alma mater. He played for the Bronchos from 1999-2002.

Bobeck has kept the President's Cup in Edmond for the last seven years, having beat rival Northeastern State by a combined 299-76 during a six-game win streak – including 82-14 in 2019. He is 6-2 overall against NSU since taking over as head coach in 2012.

A look at Central Oklahoma's record book shows a big footprint of Bobeck's work, with nearly four dozen school records having been set under Bobeck's leadership.

Central is coming off a 5-6 campaign in 2019. Bobeck coached the Bronchos to back-to-back eight-win seasons in 2017 and 2018. He led the Bronchos to a winning season and postseason appearance in four out of five years from 2014-18.

In 2018, UCO went 8-4 and won the Heart of Texas Bowl over former conference foe Angelo State – staging one of the better comebacks in school history. The Bronchos trailed ASU 31-13 in the fourth quarter before outscoring the Rams 28-3 over the final 13+ minutes.

Bobeck coached a pair of All-Americans in 2018, and has coached seven All-Americans over the past seven seasons.

In 2017, Central Oklahoma also finished 8-4. The Bronchos won the last six games and seven of the last eight. UCO ended the regular season 7-4 and earned a fourth-place finish in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association standings before beating Tarleton State in the inaugural Corsicana Bowl in Corsicana, Texas.

Bobeck coached a consensus All-American in 2017, guiding wide receiver J.T. Luper to earn top honors from five different outlets and a seventh-place finish in the Harlon Hill Trophy (Division II's top player) race.

Bobeck led the Bronchos to a wins over Missouri Western, Missouri Southern, and Northeastern State in 2016. In the win over Southern, the Bronchos scored 63 points. It was the most points scored in a win for Central since scoring 66 points in 1955.

Prior to 2016, the Bronchos put together back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2003-04.

Nick led the team to a 7-5 finish in 2015, with the Bronchos rebounding from an 0-4 start to win seven of their last eight games. UCO ended the season with a five-game winning streak, capped by a 38-21 win over long-time rival Southwestern Oklahoma in the Live United Texarkana Bowl.

It was the second consecutive post-season appearance for the Bronchos, who went to the Mineral Water Bowl in 2014 while going 8-4 and finishing third in the rugged Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association after the team was predicted to come in 10th in the 12-team league by conference coaches.

It was UCO’s first winning season since 2008 and the first eight-win campaign since 2004.

Bobeck became UCO’s 13th head coach on Jan. 4, 2012 following a sparkling four-year head coaching stint at junior college powerhouse Navarro (Texas) College.

Nick, who played at UCO and then was a graduate assistant coach for the Bronchos, compiled a sensational 42-5 record at Navarro. The Bulldogs won the 2010 national championship along with three regular season Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) titles during his tenure there.

Bobeck was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at fullback for UCO from 1999-02, earning first-team All-Lone Star Conference North Division honors as a senior.

He stayed on with the Bronchos as a graduate assistant coach the next three seasons, helping UCO go 20-12 during that stint while making the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2003.

Bobeck went to Texas A&M as an offensive line coach in 2006 when the Aggies finished 9-4 and earned a berth in the Holiday Bowl. He moved on to Navarro the following season and served as offensive coordinator in 2007 when the Bulldogs went 9-3 and won the conference crown.

Nick took over as head coach the next year, with his first squad finishing 10-1 and ranked fourth in the final poll. An 11-1 campaign and No. 3 ranking followed in 2009.

Bobeck and the Bulldogs put it all together in 2010, following a season-opening loss with 11 consecutive wins to finish 11-1 and capture the NJCAA national championship. Navarro was 10-2 in 2011, finishing fifth in the final ranking.

Nick and his wife, Keely, have three children – a son (Tucker) and two daughters (Miller and Parker).