 Bobo withColorado State in 2016 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator,quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Georgia |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (age 50) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Thomasville (GA) |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1997 | Georgia |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Georgia (GA) |
| 2000 | Jacksonville State (QB) |
| 2001–2006 | Georgia (QB) |
| 2007–2014 | Georgia (OC/QB) |
| 2015–2019 | Colorado State |
| 2020 | South Carolina (OC/QB) |
| 2020 | South Carolina (interim HC/OC) |
| 2021 | Auburn (OC/QB) |
| 2022 | Georgia (offensive analyst) |
| 2023–present | Georgia (OC/QB) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Georgia (staff) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–38 |
| Bowls | 0–3 |
Robert Michael Bobo (born April 9, 1974) is an Americancollege football coach who is currently theoffensive coordinator andquarterbacks coach at theUniversity of Georgia, his alma mater. He was thehead coach atColorado State from 2015 to 2019. Bobo is known for his pro-style type offensive schemes which cater to the ability to control clock and create long methodical drives.
Bobo played for theThomasville High School Bulldogs inThomasville, Georgia before playing college football at theUniversity of Georgia.
As a senior in 1997, he threw for 2,751 yards, going 199/306 on passing attempts with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He set various passing records during his career, including career passer rating.[1]
Bobo remained at Georgia as a member of the football administrative staff underJim Donnan. After one year as a graduate assistant, he went toJacksonville State as quarterbacks coach.
A year later, he returned to Georgia as quarterbacks coach under newly hiredMark Richt. He was promoted tooffensive coordinator in 2007. He is widely known for his knack in grooming successful quarterbacks likeMatthew Stafford,Aaron Murray, andDavid Greene. In 2012, Bobo was a finalist for theBroyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.
On December 23, 2014, Bobo took the head coaching job atColorado State University, that was previously held byJim McElwain who left for the head coaching vacancy at theUniversity of Florida. Coming off McElwain's 10-3 season, Bobo's first three teams went 7–6, with all losing in low-level bowl games. In 2017, they began play in newly builtCanvas Stadium.
The 2018 season started disastrously, as Colorado State lost badly to Hawaii in their home opener, Colorado, Florida, and FCS Illinois State. Their lone win during that stretch came with a come-from-behind victory at home against Arkansas. The Rams finished a dismal 3-9, their worst record since theSteve Fairchild era.
The 2019 season showed little improvement, as the Rams finished 4–8, including losing to rivals Colorado, Air Force, and Wyoming for the 4th consecutive year. Calls for Bobo's firing gained steam throughout the season. Just over 12,000 people attended the final home game against Boise State, one of the Rams' worst home crowds since beforeSonny Lubick's arrival. Bobo and CSU mutually agreed to part ways just days later.[2]
Following his dismissal from Colorado State, Bobo was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach forSouth Carolina on December 10, 2019.[3] South Carolina named him interim head coach on November 15, 2020, after firingWill Muschamp.[4] Bobo was retained as offensive coordinator by newly hired Gamecocks head coachShane Beamer for the 2021 season, but soon left to become the offensive coordinator onBryan Harsin's inauguralAuburn staff.[5][6]
Bobo joined theAuburn football staff as theoffensive coordinator andquarterbacks coach for the 2021 football season. He was fired on November 29, 2021, following a four overtime loss to Alabama.[7]
On January 28, 2022, Bobo was hired by Georgia as an offensive analyst.[8] FollowingTodd Monken leaving to take the vacant offensive coordinator position for the NFL'sBaltimore Ravens on February 14, 2023, Bobo was promoted to the position of offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs.[9] He was part of the coaching staff on the Georgia team that defeatedTCU in theNational Championship.[10]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State Rams(Mountain West Conference)(2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–2nd(Mountain) | LArizona | ||||
| 2016 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–4th(Mountain) | LFamous Idaho Potato | ||||
| 2017 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–2nd(Mountain) | LNew Mexico | ||||
| 2018 | Colorado State | 3–9 | 2–6 | 5th(Mountain) | |||||
| 2019 | Colorado State | 4–8 | 3–5 | 5th(Mountain) | |||||
| Colorado State: | 28–35 | 20–20 | |||||||
| South Carolina Gamecocks(Southeastern Conference)(2020) | |||||||||
| 2020 | South Carolina | 0–3[a] | 0–3 | 6th(Eastern) | Gasparilla[note 1][11] | ||||
| South Carolina: | 0–3 | 0–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–38 | ||||||||
