Andrew Sowder - Football Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Andrew Sowder

Title:
Assistant Football Coach (Outside Receivers)
Email:
asowder@bgsu.edu

Sowder begins his second year at Bowling Green, and will coach outside receivers in 2015. He comes to the Falcons after coaching under Dino Babers the past two seasons at Eastern Illinois. At EIU, Sowder was responsible for the outside receivers. After serving as Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting in 2014, Sowder will be back on the field in a coaching role for the 2015 season.

A main role that Sowder filled on the Falcons' support staff is that of the recruiting coordinator. Under Sowder's direction, the Falcons' coaching staff secured 21 student-athletes in their 2015 recruiting class. Sowder was responsible for scheduling recruiting travel, official visits, and managing the recruiting process for the Orange and Brown.

2013 was a banner year for the receiving core at EIU. Sowder coached the outside receivers, as the the Panthers caught 395 passes for 5,213 yards and 55 touchdowns. EIU's receivers averaged 13.2 yards per catch and 372.4 yards per game during the school-record breaking season.

During the 2012 season Sowder helped coach a wide receiver unit that hauled in a previous school record 341 passes for 4,019 yards and 34 touchdowns. The outside group was led by seniors Chris Wright and Chavar Watkins. Wright matched the OVC record for consecutvie games with a touchdown reception as he finished in the EIU career top ten in yards, receptions and touchdown catches.

Sowder was a student coach at Baylor assisting Babers with the wide receivers and special teams in 2009 and 2010 following a playing career with the Bears.

During the 2011 season Sowder worked as the running backs coach at West Texas A&M with the team posting an 8-3 record including a win over Central Missouri in the Kanza Bowl. He coached running back Khiry Robinson who was the MVP of the Kanza Bowl and is now a member of the New Orleans Saints.

Sowder is very familiar with Babers' #FalconFast offensive system having played and coached under Art Briles. He was a tight end at Baylor during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In August of 2009 he became a student coach assisting Babers with the wide receivers and tight ends. Baylor ended the season with an appearance in the Texas Bowl as the offensive unit ranked 12th in the nation in total offense.

Sowder earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor in 2011 in film/digital media.