After a 4-8 debut season as an FBS head coach with the Bowling Green Falcons program, Eddie George has made a few staff changes to position the MAC program for future success.

Back in early November, George pulled the trigger on a coordinator change on offense. Travis Partridge, who worked as George’s offensive play caller at Tennessee State during the 2024 season, was let go. At the FCS level, Partridge’s offenses were among some of the best at the FCS level, ranking 11th nationally in passing offense.

However, after a 3-6 start, they ranked 126th out of 136 teams at the FBS level in scoring offense and total offense and were 123rd nationally in passing yards with less than 160 yards per game, and change was needed to hit the reset button.

Co-offensive coordinator Greg Nosal stepped in as offensive coordinator for the final three games of the season in addition to coaching the offensive line, and by the end of December, George had officially elevated Nosal to the offensive coordinator spot. George also hired Michigan assistant tight ends coach and former BGSU quarterback Spencer McCourt to fill the opening at quarterbacks coach.

Now, sources share that he’s working to add another Big Ten staffer, and this latest hire will fill a coordinator role.

Sources tell FootballScoop George is working to bring Greg Froelich on board as the Falcons new special teams coordinator.

In 2025, Froelich served as an assistant special teams coach / quality control coach at Washington, where he helped the Huskies produce significant improvements across multiple special teams units. One eye opening example of the complete overhaul on special teams for Washington included a stark contrast on the punt return unit. Through the Huskies first two games of the 2025 season, they had already eclipsed their entire 2024 punt return yardage total. 

Before joining the Washington staff, Froelich served as special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Charlotte under Biff Poggi.

Froelich spent 2023-24 with the Niners program, and in 2024 his unit ranked sixth nationally in ESPN’s special teams FPI metric. The Niners were the only team in FBS not to miss a field goal (16-of-16, including 3-of-3 from 50 yards or beyond) and also connected on all 30 extra point tries. 

Prior to Charlotte, Froelich was a special teams analyst at Illinois from 2021-22, where in 2021 he worked on a unit that finished No. 1 in SP+ nationally in special teams, boasting a punter and kicker that both earned All-Big Ten honors. That season, punter Blake Hayes was a Ray Guy Award semifinalist and kicker James McCourt tied a program record with four field goals of 50 yards or longer.