Well-respected Boise State offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter stepped down as offensive coordinator and will transfer into a senior analyst role, the school announced Friday.
Nate Potter, who was the co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach the past two seasons, was promoted to offensive coordinator. The 2025 season will be the eighth on the Broncos’ coaching staff for Potter, a former consensus All-American offensive tackle at Boise State.
“Coach Potter is a rising star in this business,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson said in a news release. “He truly Bleeds Blue as a Boise State Hall of Famer and one of the best to ever wear the Blue and Orange. I’m grateful for him working closely with Coach Koetter this past year and not only learning from one of the best but taking that opportunity to show his ability to lead and direct an offense. I know he is going to continue to make our offense thrive under his leadership and help us make a positive impact on our players’ lives.
“I am also so thankful for Coach Koetter and all that he did for our team this season. I am excited that he will continue to be a part of our staff in a senior analyst role going forward.”
The Broncos went 12-2 this season and lost in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals to Penn State, 31-14, on Dec. 31 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Koetter and Potter formulated the game plans that helped Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty rush for 2,601 yards, second all-time in college football history behind legendary Barry Sanders (2,628 in 1988) of Oklahoma State.
Koetter, 65, commented on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) issues on social media while announcing he would no longer be offensive coordinator.
“We are behind right now in the NIL game,” Koetter said. “Our best players are getting offered between 2 and 10 times what we can offer. We are losing recruits to the (transfer) portal to schools that are just flat outbidding us.”
Koetter served as Boise State’s head coach from 1998-2000 and guided the team to a 26-10 record. He moved on to Arizona State and went 40-34 from 2001-06.
Koetter spent 11 seasons as an NFL offensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2007-11), Atlanta Falcons (2012-14, 2019-20) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015).
He was Tampa Bay’s head coach from 2016-18 and went 19-29 in three seasons.
Potter, 36, played for the Broncos from 2008-11, ending his career with the All-American season. Potter played in 21 NFL games for the Arizona Cardinals for two seasons (2012-13).
–Field Level Media
