The staff changes appear to be complete for Boston College.
After a report surfaced on Tuesday morning, sources confirmed to NEFJ that Ted Roof – a long time defensive coach around the country – is set to become the next defensive coordinator in Chestnut Hill.
Roof has been coaching since 1987 after he played linebacker at Georgia Tech. He was with Alabama from ’87-’88 before coaching at West Georga, Duke and UMass from 1989-1994. He became the Minutemen’s DC in ’95”96 before joining the Western Carolina staff n 1997 as their DC.
Roof worked with Bill O’Brien at Georgia Tech when he went there from 1998-2001. He was the Yellow Jackets’ DC from ’99-’01 before taking the same role in 2002-2003. He was the Blue Devils’ interim head coach in 2003 and led the program from 2004-2007.
After serving as the Minnesota DC n 2008, Roof went to Auburn from 2009-2011 in the DC role, winning a national championship in 2010. In 2011 he went and took yet another DC role at UCF before doing the same at Penn State n 2012.
From 2013-2017 he went back to G-Tech yet again to become the DC. Since then, he’s had stops at NC State, App State, Vanderbilt. Clemson and Oklahoma. In 2024, he was the DC and LB coach at UCF again and did not coach last season.
None of us will truly know until the games start (I learned my lesson last year with training camp), but if I’m an Eagles’ fan, I’m encouraged by the fact that Roof was a former linebacker, especially given how badly that position has struggled as a whole at BC over the last decade or so.
The relationship with O’Brien matters too. Sure, some may look at it as O’Brien just hiring a familiar face and a friend, but being on the same page and speaking the same language right from the jump is certainly going to streamline things.
It’ll also be very interesting to see what Roof’s relationship with Kenyatta Watson becomes. Those two guys have quite a bit of work to do when it comes to fixing the brutal defense from 2024.
Ether way, the staff movement now appears complete and with the portal opening Friday, it’s all systems go with eyes on 2026.