Robert McFarland - Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach
robert.mcfarland@colin.edu
Tradition tells you that offensive coordinators who double as offensive line coaches are going to favor a ground and pound style of football. Robert McFarland, beginning his third season in those positions at Co-Lin, blows those clichés out of the water. Since arriving in Wesson, McFarland has led a Co-Lin offense that has posted prolific passing numbers.
In 2012, Wolfpack quarterback Chandler Rogers passed for 3,164 yards and 30 touchdowns in 12 games. In 2013, freshman quarterback Daniel Fitzwater posted 2,684 yards passing with 19 touchdowns in nine games.
A former head coach with more than 20 years of collegiate experience, McFarland most recently served as offensive line coach for the United Football League’s (UFL) Sacramento Mountain Lions (2011) and the Florida Tuskers (2010) as the run game coordinator/tight end coach.
McFarland spent 2007-2008 as the offensive coordinator/offensive line coach for Iowa State University under then head coach Gene Chizik. In 2008, the Cyclone offense set a school record in passing yards per game, second all-time total passing yards, fifth all-time in total offense per game, sixth in total yards, and seventh in scoring. They set season single game school records in three categories. Most impressively, Iowa State cut its sacks allowed from 38 in 2006 to 17 and 2007, despite having only one returning starter on the offensive line.
McFarland served as head coach at Stephen F. Austin State University in 2005-2006. The Lumberjacks won twice as many conference games in 2006 than previous two years to finish tied for second place in the league. In his two years as the Lumberjacks’ head coach, McFarland coached two All-Americans and 26 All-Southland Conference players. In 2005, SFA had the No. 1 passing offense in the Southland Conference and in 2006, the Lumberjacks led the conference in total offense, total defense and scoring defense.
McFarland spent the 2004 season at East Carolina as the offensive line coach. (Year before Skip) Prior to that he spent four seasons as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Central Florida. During his stay at UCF, McFarland's offensive unit was ranked 11th in the nation in total offense and sixth in the nation in pass offense that season averaging more than 436 yards of offense and 32 points per game in 2002.
His offensive units produced two 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher in 2002, only the eighth time in NCAA history a team has accomplished that feat.
During his stay in Orlando, McFarland coached six student-athletes who went on to the NFL.
McFarland was the offensive line coach at Stephen F. Austin from 1991 through the 1999 season. During his earlier stint with the Lumberjacks, SFA claimed two NCAA playoff appearances and the 1999 Southland title. The 'Jacks advanced to the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs in 1995. SFA led the league in rushing offense four times with McFarland's offensive line leading the way. SFA also set single-season records for rushing yards (2,193 yards - 1993) and rushing touchdowns (30 - 1999) while McFarland was a Lumberjack assistant. Four of his former offensive linemen also went on to NFL camps.
McFarland has made coaching stops at Kent State, Notre Dame and Clemson University. He has coached teams that have made appearances in the Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl and Orange Bowl.
McFarland and his wife, Pam, are the parents of two children, Ashley and Koy. Ashley, an elementary teacher in Texas, is engaged to former Co-Lin quarterback Micah Davis. Koy is a sophomore wide receiver for the Wolves.
Originally Posted by maddawg
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