Support Falcon Football

Falcon Club Scholarship and Success Fund

To Invest in Success is to help us fulfill our purpose of providing our student-athletes with the maximum amount of scholarship support allowed by the NCAA. These scholarships allow the BGSU staff to recruit, retain and graduate outstanding student-athletes to compete in the MAC, CCHA, MVC, and across the nation. We want to provide the resources necessary for our student-athletes to truly have a world-class experience at BGSU. Our athletes come to Bowling Green, from all walks of life, to earn a degree from BGSU and to play for the Orange and Brown. Education plays an important role in developing our student-athletes which can only be done by providing them with all the necessary tools to do so. Scholarships pave the way for our student athletes and our student athletes pave the way for our scholarships by always pushing the effort towards the future.

Enhancing the Student-Athlete Experience

Contributions to the Football Enhancement Fund provide additional operational funding to the program and support projects that enhance the overall student-athlete experience, including: equipment, travel, recruiting support, international trips, summer sessions, nutrition, and other additional expenses. These gifts help supplement and offset the operating costs of the sport. For more information on how you can support Falcon Student-Athletes, please Falcon Club Coordinator Lindsay Klemm at 419-372-3589 or lklemm@bgsu.edu.

BGSU Football Priorities

• Strength & Conditioning

Most programs in the conference operate with 2-3 full-time staff dedicated to strength and conditioning, additional graduate assistants and interns to support the ongoing performance and strength training of student-athletes. We currently operate with one full-time strength coach. The growth of this area is now more important than ever. We need to focus much more intentionally on immediate development. A larger staff dedicated solely to football is critical.

• Nutrition & Meal Support

This is an area of emphasis everywhere in college football today. At other universities, where there is a strong commitment to this initiative, football student-athletes are provided an average of 4-6 meals per day. All universities are being creative in how they expand meal service to support this nutrition need. This year, the NCAA changed its rules so that all universities can provide unlimited meals to student-athletes. This is an area we must continue to develop and support. 

• Summer Financial Support

The impact of the transfer portal has elevated the priority to secure funds for football student-athletes to be on campus during the summer. This requires financial support for summer scholarships, housing, and meal expenses. The NCAA also changed its rules that allow increased engagement and training by strength and conditioning coaches in the summer and allow our coaches to participate in limited skill instruction. We will welcome 30 new Falcons to campus this summer to prepare them for the fall. This time period has become a significant priority for the success of our program.

• Coaching Compensation Enhancements

Dr. Rogers has committed to ensuring that we have a competitive compensation pool for assistant coaches compared to our MAC peers. Recruitment and retention of the best available assistant coaches must be a greater priority, and can be achieved through philanthropic investment.

Thank you for your consideration and support of the BGSU Football program.

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