Mike Cavanaugh - Offensive Line Coach - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Mike Cavanaugh

Title:
Offensive Line Coach

Hometown: Wallingford, Conn.
Family: Wife, Laurie, children Shane and Blair
Education: Southern Connecticut State, 1986 - Physical Education

NOTABLES
3 All-American offensive linemen during his first tenure in Corvallis
10 seasons as an assistant coach with the Beavers in his first stint
16 bowl games as an assistant coach
23 all-conference selections during his first 10 seasons at OSU
25 seasons as an offensive line coach at the FBS level

OREGON STATE (2025-Present)
• Began his second stint at Oregon State prior to the start of spring practices

OREGON (2023-24)
• Offensive analyst

ARIZONA STATE (2021-23)
• Served as the Sun Devils’ offensive line coach
• Sun Devils played in the 2021 Las Vegas Bowl

SYRACUSE (2018-20)
• Offensive line coach for the Orange
• Syracuse’s offense ranked 11th nationally during his tenure, averaging 40.2 yards per game behind Cavanaugh’s line.
• Syracuse surpassed 50 points five times in 2018, and 40 in eight of 13 games. Syracuse surpassed 6,000 offensive yards for just the second time in school history
• Orange added more than 40 yards per game on the ground in his first season
• Coached two all-conference selections in 2018, Cody Conway and Koda Martin
• Mentored Freshman All-American Matthew Bergeron in 2019

NEBRASKA (2015-17)
• Offensive line coach for former Oregon State head coach Mike Riley
• Cornhuskers ranked in the top-15 for fewest sacks allowed in two of his three seasons
• Nebraska finished in the top three in the Big Ten in scoring offense, passing offense, total defense and third-down percentage

OREGON STATE (2005-14)
• Offensive line coach at Oregon State for 10 seasons
• Coached All-Americans Andy Levitre, Jeremy Perry and Isaac Seumalo
• His offensive lines blocked for 1,000-yard rushers Jacquizz Rodgers and Yvenson Bernard. Beavers totaled one 1,000-yard rusher in each of his first six seasons
• Quarterback Sean Mannion set the single-season and career Pac-12 passing records behind OSU’s offensive lines
• Offensive linemen earned all-conference honors 23 times during his tenure
• OSU played in bowl games in six of his 10 seasons

HAWAI’I (1999-2004)
• Directed the offensive line
• Warriors ranked in the top-10 nationally for total offense in three of his six seasons
• His lines featured future professionals Samson Satele, Adrian Klemm, Kynan Forney and Wayne Hunter, among others

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (1997-98)
• Offensive line coach for the NFL’s Chargers

FERRIS STATE (1995-96)
• Offensive line coach

SACRED HEART (1993-94)
• Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach

MURRAY STATE (1992)
• Offensive line coach

ALMA (1988-91)
• Served as offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, offensive line and linebackers coach during his tenure

WESLEYAN (1987)
• Offensive line coach

ALBANY (1986)
• Graduate assistant

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
• Played at New Haven from 1981-82
• Later transferred to Southern Connecticut State

BOWL GAMES
1999    Oahu Bowl
2002    Hawai’i Bowl
2003    Hawai’i Bowl
2004    Hawai’i Bowl
2006    Sun Bowl
2007    Emerald Bowl
2008    Sun Bowl
2009    Las Vegas Bowl
2012    Alamo Bowl
2013    Hawai’i Bowl
2015    Foster Farms Bowl
2016    Music City Bowl
2018    Camping World Bowl
2021    Las Vegas Bowl
2024    Fiesta Bowl
2025    Rose Bowl