Report: Former OSU star named head coach at Ohio college
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (WKBN) – ESPN's Pete Thamel is reporting that former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George has agreed to a five-year deal to become the new head football coach at Bowling Green.
George spent the past four seasons as the head coach at Tennessee State, a program that competes at the FCS level.
This past season, he led the program to the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2013.
TSU also won a share of the OVC-Big South title which was the school's first league title in football since 1999.
George won the Heisman Trophy in 1995 at while playing for Ohio State. In four seasons with the Buckeyes, he rushed for 3,768 yards.
George then played nine years in the NFL with the Oilers, Titans and Cowboys, rushing for 10,441 yards and 68 touchdowns.
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