Football
- Title:
- Edward F. Connelly Offensive Coordinator
- Email:
- lawingw@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-3010
Will Lawing enters his second season as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. Lawing was introduced as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator and tight ends coach by new head coach Bill O’Brien in the spring of 2024, remaining on O’Brien’s staff for the 11th straight year, across three prior stops before arriving on the Heights.
In 2024, QB Tommy Castellanos completed 288-of-491 passes for 3,614 yards and 33 passing touchdowns. On the ground, he added 1,307 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, becoming the first player in Boston College history with 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. RB Kye Robichaux led the team in rushing yards with 744 while notching 10 touchdowns on the ground, the most by a BC running back since all-time leading rusher A.J. Dillon in 2019. WR Lewis Bond caught 67 passes for 689 yards and three touchdowns. His 69 receptions were the sixth most receptions in a single season by a Boston College receiver. TE Kamari Morales led the team with six touchdown receptions after totaling 28 catches, which ranked second on the team. Under Lawing’s tutelage, RT Ozzy Trapilo garnered First-Team All-ACC honors en route to being selected the second round (56th overall) by the Chicago Bears in the 2025 NFL Draft. C Drew Kendall also earned First-Team All-ACC honors en route to being selected in the fifth round (168th overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 NFL Draft. In addition, RG Jack Conley notched All-ACC Honorable Mention honors en route to signing a rookie free agent deal with the New England Patriots in 2025.
Lawing joined the Eagles’ staff after spending 2023 as the tight ends coach for the New England Patriots, where tight end Hunter Henry finished as the second-leading receiver on the team, hauling in 42 catches for 419 yards and six touchdowns, finishing with the team’s best target rating (105.5) and the most third- and fourth-down conversions (11), via PFF. Henry’s six receiving scores last season were tied for second among all tight ends, trailing only Sam LaPorta.
Prior to his stop in Foxborough, Lawing spent two years as an offensive analyst with O’Brien at the University of Alabama from 2021-2022. During his two years on the Crimson Tide staff, Alabama reached the CFP National Championship as SEC champions in 2021, going 13-2 while averaging 488.3 yards of total offense per game, and claimed a Sugar Bowl victory in 2022, averaging 477.1 yards of offense per game.
Lawing and the offensive staff worked with talents like Heisman Trophy Winner Bryce Young, Jameson Williams, Brian Robinson Jr., and Jahmyr Gibbs, all of whom went on to the NFL.
Before his stint in Tuscaloosa, Lawing worked with O’Brien on the Houston Texans staff from 2014 to 2020, spending the first three years as a defensive quality control coach before moving to offensive line assistant from 2017-18, and then tight ends coach from 2019-20. In 2018, the Texans went 11-5 and won the AFC South, with three offensive Pro Bowlers in Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, and Lamar Miller. That year, the Texans averaged 126.3 rushing yards/game, and finished with the eighth-most rushing yards in the NFL.
Houston won the division again in 2019, with tight end Darren Fells catching seven touchdowns, and three more offensive Pro Bowlers in Watson, Hopkins, and Laremy Tunsil.
Previously, Lawing spent a season at Penn State as a graduate assistant, his first year as a member of O’Brien’s staff, and before that, four years at Juniata College in a variety of roles.
A North Carolina native, Lawing played wide receiver at the University of North Carolina from 2004 to 2007.
Coaching Career
2024-Present: Boston College, Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
2023: New England Patriots, Tight Ends
2021-22: Alabama, Offensive Analyst
2019-20: Houston Texans, Tight Ends
2017-18: Houston Texans, Offensive Analyst
2014-16: Houston Texas, Defensive Quality Control
2013: Penn State, Graduate Assistant
2011-12: Juniata, Offensive Coordinator
2010: Juniata, Passing-Game Coordinator
2009: Juniata, Tight Ends
