Troy Rothenbuhler joined the Eastern Kentucky University program as tight ends coach in March 2019. He will serve as the quarterbacks coach in 2020.
He helped the Colonels to a 7-5 record and a fourth place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2019. His tight end group helped EKU lead the conference and finished 20th in the country in rushing. Eastern also led the conference in red-zone offense and was third in scoring.
Rothenbuhler spent the 2018 season with the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL) working with the quarterbacks in a quality control position at Arizona. Prior to that, he spent six seasons (2011-17) as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Findlay.
In 2017 he helped UF advance to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time in program history. During that season, Findlay was the only NCAA team to average 250 or more yards rushing and passing per game. UF ranked sixth in the nation in scoring (44.5 ppg), third in total offense (515.5 ypg), third in third down conversion percentage (52.4) and fifth in time of possession (34:26).
As the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ohio Northern University for two seasons (2009-10), Rothenbuhler helped the team reach the second round of the 2010 NCAA Division III playoffs.
From 2003 to 2008, Rothenbuhler served in a variety of roles at Bowling Green State University, including assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator. During his time with the Falcons, he coached wide receivers, tight ends and defensive ends. BGSU played in three bowl games during that time.
Rothenbuhler has also coached at Heidelberg College, Arkansas State University and Ohio State University. He earned a bachelor’s of science in mathematical sciences from Ohio State in 1995. He and his wife Amy have one daughter, Maddy, and one son, Jake.
