Bowling Green State University
Public research university in Bowling Green
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2025 | Eddie George is appointed as the head coach of Bowling Green Falcons football team, marking the beginning of a new era for the program. |
2024 | Bowling Green competes in the National Championship match. Philip Tracey and Joey Apple receive All-American honors. |
2024 | Dennis Williams begins his first full season as head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey team, having previously served as interim head coach during the 2009-2010 season. |
2024 | The Bowling Green Falcons begin their 56th season of play and 46th season competing in the CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association). |
2024 | Harold Fannin Jr. wins both Vern Smith Leadership Award and Offensive Player of the Year in the Mid-American Conference |
2024 | Scot Loeffler left the Bowling Green Falcons head coaching position to become the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. |
2024 | Played in the 68 Ventures Bowl against Arkansas State, losing 31-38. |
2024 | The team was eliminated in the CCHA playoffs by Michigan Tech after losing a two-game series. |
2024 | Head coach Ty Eigner was fired shortly after the conclusion of the season. |
March 2024 | Bowling Green announced the rehiring of Dennis Williams as the hockey team head coach. |
March 10 2024 | Todd Simon begins his second year as head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team for the 2024-25 season. |
March 8 2024 | Defeated Michigan Tech with a final score of 4–0, at Slater Family Ice Arena, Bowling Green. |
March 7 2024 | Defeated Michigan Tech with a final score of 2–1 (OT), at Slater Family Ice Arena, Bowling Green. |
February 3 2024 | Leading scorer Ryan O'Hara was injured during a game. |
2023 | Bowling Green posted a 7-6 record, their first winning season since 2015. Highlights included a non-conference 38-27 upset win against Georgia Tech and another Quick Lane Bowl invitation. |
2023 | Played in the Quick Lane Bowl against Minnesota, losing 24-30. |
2023 | Karl Brooks began playing for the Green Bay Packers, continuing the Bowling Green Falcons' NFL legacy |
2023 | Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey team recruited 13 new players for the 2023-24 season, including graduate transfers Josh Nodler from Massachusetts and Spencer Kersten from Princeton, as well as transfers Owen Ozar from Denver and Tommy Pasanen from Clarkson. |
2023 | Austen Swankler, the team's leading scorer from the previous season, abruptly left school and entered the transfer portal just before the start of the season. |
2023 | Head coach Ty Eigner was placed on leave and three players were suspended due to hazing allegations. |
2023 | An independent investigation discovered older players had provided alcohol to underage persons at an off-campus event, leading to Eigner's reinstatement and direct oversight by the athletic director. |
2023 | Continued playing home games at the Slater Family Ice Arena, representing Bowling Green State University. |
2023 | Began the 55th season of the Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey program and the 45th season in the CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association). |
November 2023 | Beginning in mid-November, the team started to perform more consistently, earning splits or better for four consecutive weeks. |
March 9 2023 | Lost to Michigan Tech with a final score of 5–6, at MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton. |
March 8 2023 | Lost to Michigan Tech with a final score of 0–5, at MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton. |
2022 | The Mid-American Conference (MAC) shut down its men's soccer league, leading the Bowling Green men's soccer team to join the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). |
2022 | The Falcons finished with a 6-7 record, defeating Marshall 34-31 in overtime and later beating Toledo 42-35 to earn their first bowl game appearance since 2015. They played in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State. |
2022 | Quintin Morris joined the Buffalo Bills, becoming one of the most recent Bowling Green Falcons players in the NFL |
2021 | Bowling Green competes in the National Championship match. |
2021 | Bowling Green achieved a significant upset by beating the Minnesota Gophers 14-10 at Huntington Bank Stadium, their first win against an FBS team since 2019. The team finished the season with a 4-8 record. |
2021 | Bowling Green student Stone Foltz died from alcohol poisoning at the Delta Beta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, resulting in two fraternity members being found guilty of hazing and sentenced to jail. |
2020 | Warren E. Steller Field serves as the home baseball field for the final time. |
2020 | MAC Gymnastics Conference Championship was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 | During the pandemic-shortened season, the Falcons did not win a single game, going 0-5. |
July 2020 | The College of Business was renamed to the Allan and Carol Schmidthorst College of Business after receiving a $15 million donation. Simultaneously, the college relocated from the Business Administration Building to the new $44.2 million Maurer Center, which was constructed adjacent to the former Hanna Hall. |
June 2020 | Bowling Green State University's College of Health and Human Services established two new schools: a School of Nursing and a School of Physical Therapy. |
June 2 2020 | The university announced the reinstatement of baseball after successfully fund-raising $1.5 million in commitments over the next three years. |
May 15 2020 | Bowling Green Falcons baseball program was dropped at the varsity level due to budget cuts related to the coronavirus pandemic after 105 years. |
2019 | Scot Loeffler is hired as head coach, leading the team from 2019 to 2024 with a 27-38 overall record and a 20-25 conference performance. |
2019 | U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's part-time MBA program at 163 and graduate education program at 124 in their Best Grad School Rankings. |
2019 | Tuition and fees increased by 5.9% from the 2017-18 academic year for incoming freshmen. |
2019 | U.S. News & World Report recognized the university in top five for positive differences in graduation rates among similar public universities. |
2019 | The university expanded its academic offerings to over 200 undergraduate programs and began offering master's and doctoral degrees through eight academic colleges. |
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