Will Lawing - Football Coach - Boston College Athletics

Will Lawing

Title:
Edward F. Connelly Offensive Coordinator
Email:
lawingw@bc.edu
Phone:
552-3010

Will 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 10th straight year, across three prior stops before arriving on the Heights.

Lawing joins 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: 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