BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University on Thursday announced the creation of the Mid-American Conference’s first endowed head football coaching position, thanks to a $2 million gift from alumni Mike and Jan Wilcox.
The endowment establishes the Mike and Jan Wilcox Head Football Coach, a post now held by Eddie George, the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star hired on March 9.
The donation will support the football program in perpetuity and help fund a future facility project.
“We’re doing it for the program and to pay back the experience and opportunities that were given to us by BGSU,” Wilcox said.