Mike O’Guin was named Texas State’s defensive line coach in December 2022.
In his first season at Texas State in 2023, O’Guin led a defensive line group that was one of the best in the country in getting into the backfield. The Bobcats led the nation in tackles for loss and were top-10 in sacks. They also nearly broke the overall program record for TFLs in a season with 110.0 and set the program’s FBS record for most sacks in a season with 40.0.
Ben Bell, a second team All-Sun Belt selection, led the defensive line with an FBS program-record 10.0 sacks and 16.0 TFLs. The junior and second-year Bobcat was among the best in the country as a pass rusher according to PFF as he was second in the country in PFF pass rush grades and first in win percentage on pass rushes. He totaled 53 pressures.
Overall, Texas State’s defensive line accounted for 31 of the team’s 40 sacks.
A relentless recruiter, O’Guin arrived in San Marcos with experience at the high school and FBS levels, working with the defensive lines at Texas Tech, Notre Dame, Sam Houston and three different Texas high schools.
Prior to Texas State, O’Guin was the defensive line coach at Sam Houston in 2021 and 2022. He helped the Bearkat defense rank in the top-20 in FCS in scoring defense, rushing defense, first down defense and tackles for loss while also pacing the WAC in total defense in 2022.
Also in 2022, he tutored Toby Ndukwe and Ellison Hubbard to All-WAC honors after Ndukwe (first team) was third on the team in tackles and fourth in the conference in tackles for loss. Hubbard, meanwhile, was All-WAC Second Team after tabulating 6 quarterback hurries, 4 TFLs and 1.5 sacks in 9 games.
O’Guin got his collegiate coaching start at Texas Tech as a graduate assistant in 2019. He joined Notre Dame in the summer of 2020 and spent that season, when the Fighting Irish went 10-2, as a defensive line assistant.
Before making his return to the collegiate ranks, O’Guin was a defensive line coach at the high school level in Texas for five years. He started at John Tyler High School in 2014 and then spent two seasons at Angleton High School (2015-16). In 2017 and 2018, he coached at North Shore High School in the Houston area and helped it win the 6A-Division I state title in 2018.
O’Guin coached former Bobcat edge rusher Jordan Revels and Texas Tech’s Tony Bradford Jr. during his time at North Shore, pushing Bradford Jr. to Defensive Player of the Year honors at the Touchdown Club of Houston’s area end-of-year awards banquet in 2018. Bradford was also named the District 21-6A Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to joining the coaching profession, O’Guin was a scholarship student-athlete at SMU where he saw action in six games as a true freshman in 2010 before a knee injury the following spring unfortunately ended his career. O’Guin remained with the program as a student assistant coach for the next three years, working primarily with the defensive line while also overseeing SMU’s annual Junior Day event and assisting with recruiting.
O’Guin, from Missouri City, Texas, earned dual degrees during his time at SMU, graduating with a bachelor’s in history as well as applied physiology and sport management in 2014.
Mike O’Guin Coaching Career
2023-Current: Texas State - Defensive Line
2022: Sam Houston – Defensive Line and Defensive Recruiting Coordinator
2021: Sam Houston – Defensive Line and Defensive Recruiting Coordinator
2020: Notre Dame – Defensive Line Assistant
2019: Texas Tech – Graduate Assistant
2018: North Shore High School (TX) – Defensive Line
2017: North Shore High School (TX) – Defensive Line
2016: Angleton High School (TX) – Defensive Line
2015: Angleton High School (TX) – Defensive Line
2014: John Tyler High School (TX) – Defensive Line
2013: SMU – Student Assistant Coach
2012: SMU – Student Assistant Coach
2011: SMU – Student Assistant Coach
