Craig Bohl announces his retirement after ten seasons at Wyoming

Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl will retire at the conclusion of this season, the school announced on Wednesday. Bohl is 60-60 in ten seasons with the Cowboys and has 164 total wins as a collegiate head coach, coming to Laramie after a magnificent tenure at North Dakota State that included three-straight FCS National Championships (2011-13).

“Being the head football coach of the Wyoming Cowboys has been a privilege,” said Bohl. “I felt like now was the time for me step away and entrust the program to new leadership. I want to thank all the young men who have worn the Brown and Gold over the past 10 years for their dedication and for their passion in representing this football program, this university and this state. Many thanks to all the assistant coaches and staff who have helped build Wyoming football into a consistently winning program over this past decade.”

“There’s one more ballgame before I ride off as an old Cowboy,” he continued. “Let’s Ride for the Brand one more time and get a win in Tucson. Go Pokes!”

Bohl will continue to coach the team through the end of this month, when the Cowboys face off against Toledo in the Arizona Bowl. This is third-straight bowl appearance for the program and sixth overall during Bohl’s tenure.

“Coach Bohl has been an outstanding ambassador for UW Athletics and has been a great mentor to our student-athletes,” said AD Tom Burman. “When I hired Craig as head coach, we both said our goal was to return Cowboy Football to a place of relevance in the Mountain West Conference and to be a consistently winning program. With Coach’s leadership, our football program has accomplished that. Craig has reflected the character of the state of Wyoming, and the football program he’s built is representative of the blue-collar nature of the people of Wyoming. I am very thankful for all that Coach Bohl has accomplished and represented during his time as our head coach. I wish him, his wife Leia and his family all the best in the next chapter of their lives.”

The school also announced that Jay Sawvel, who has been the team’s defensive coordinator for the last four seasons, will succeed Bohl as the head coach in 2024.

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