Tyler Bolfing enters his second season back at ULM. He was promoted to Quarterbacks at the beginning of March 2020, after serving as Tight Ends Coach and Special Teams Coordinator at ULM.
In 2018, Josh Pederson was named to the 1st team All Sun-Belt team, 1st team All-Louisiana by the LSWAÂ and an Honorable Mention All American by Pro Football Focus in Bolfing's first season. Pederson was among the leaders in the receiving corps in Bolfing's first year, hauling in 43 receptions for 567 yards and 9 touchdowns. His statistics ranked as the most receptions, yards, and touchdowns by any tight end in a single season in ULM history.Â
Jared Porter finished with the 3rd best single season punt average in ULM history at 43.8 yards per punt. He was accompanied by Jacob Meeks who broke the ULM single season record for touchbacks on kickoff. Meeks also had the 2nd highest touchback percentage in a single season in ULM history.Â
The special teams unit ranked among the Sun Belt leaders in gross punt (third at 43.6 yds), net punt (fifth at 38.9 yds), and kickoff (second at 4.06 yds).Â
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Prior to joining the staff in 2019, Bolfing served as the Tight Ends Coach at McNeese State University under Lance Guidry.
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He previously served as a graduate assistant under Viator at ULM from 2016-17, working primarily with the quarterbacks and wide receivers.
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ULM ranked among the Sun Belt leaders in total offense (second at 458.2 yards per game), scoring offense (second at 33.9 points per game), passing offense (third at 287.9 ypg.) and rushing offense (fourth at 170.3 ypg.) in 2017. The Warhawks also ranked among the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision leaders in total offense (No. 21), passing offense (No. 24), scoring offense (No. 25) and passing efficiency (No. 29 with a 146.2 rating).
He assisted in coaching wide receiver and kick returner, Marcus Green, who earned first team All Sun Belt honors as well as being named an All-American by the Sporting News, Football Writers Association of America, CollegeFootballNews.com, and Pro Football Focus. Bolfing's offense also produced All Conference players in lineman, Frank Sutton and wide receiver, R.J. Turner. Quarterback Caleb Evans and wide receiver Brian Williams picked up honorable mention honors.Â
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A native of Montgomery, Texas, Bolfing played in 27 games for McNeese from 2012-14, including five starting assignments. In 2014, he threw for 990 yards and six touchdowns. Bolfing completed 98-of-177 career passes (.554) for 1,252 yards and 8 touchdowns. He stepped away from playing to begin his coaching career as a student assistant, as the Cowboys posted a perfect 10-0 regular-season record en route to the 2015 Southland Conference Championship.
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Bolfing was part of several memorable games during his career, including road wins over FBS opponents Middle Tennessee (27-21) in 2012 and South Florida (53-21) in 2013 as well as a near-upset at Nebraska (lost 31-24) in the 2014 season opener.
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He completed all four of his pass attempts for 37 yards in McNeese’s 32-point win at South Florida – the largest margin of victory by a Football Championship Subdivision team over a then BCS opponent in NCAA history. Bolfing also earned the start at Nebraska in the 2014 opener and connected on 9-of-17 throws for 101 yards.
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Bolfing received his bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance from McNeese in 2015. He earned a Master of Science in Sport Management from ULM in 2017.
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As a senior at Montgomery High School, he earned first-team all-district and honorable mention all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association. During his prep career, Bolfing completed 57 percent of his passes for 4,561 yards and 57 TDs.
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He is married to the former Lakeyn Fontenot, a three-year letter winner in softball at McNeese from 2013-15 who now serves as Assistant Athletics Director for Administration and Sports Programs at ULM.
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