Another former Northwestern staffer from the Pat Fitzgerald era there is now joining his new staff at Michigan State.
A source has confirmed that MSU is hiring Mike Bajakian to be the team’s new quarterbacks coach. Bajakian was the offensive coordinator at UMass this past season and was the OC at Northwestern from 2020-23. He will end up replacing this past season’s quarterbacks coach, Jon Boyer.
This is the last major staff addition for Michigan State now. The Spartans will have Nick Sheridan as the offensive coordinator, Nick Tabacca as offensive line coach, Courtney Hawkins coaching wide receivers, Brian Wozniak coaching tight ends, and now Bajakian coaching the quarterbacks.
His hiring is a little bit of a surprise, as it seemed like there would be a real probability Sheridan would serve as both the offensive coordinator and QBs coach, which he did at both Alabama and Indiana. Instead, MSU is adding another person who brings a ton of experience coaching quarterbacks himself.
Bajakian’s Resume
Bajakian has also served as both an offensive coordinator and QBs coach at several different stops during his career. He’s had that title at Central Michigan (2007-09), Cincinnati (2010-12), Tennessee (2013-14), Boston College (2019), Northwestern (2020-23), on an interim basis at Utah (2024), and this past season at UMass…