Gerry Gdowski is in his third season mentoring the Ohio quarterbacks, and his first carrying the title of co-offensive coordinator.

In his first two seasons with the Bobcats, Gdowski helped Austen Everson become one of Ohio's all-time top 10 passers in several categories. The two-time Academic All-MAC pick started 24 of Ohio's 25 games during the past two seasons. He finished his career ranked fourth all-time with 3,486 passing yards, fifth all-time with 305 completions and sixth all-time in total offense with 4,372 yards. In 2006, Everson set career highs with 137 completions, a 54.2 completion percentage, 1,356 passing yards, seven passing touchdowns and 1,713 yards of total offense. More than 70 percent of Everson's passing yards came under Gdowski's tutelage.

Gdowski came to Athens after eight seasons at New Mexico State. He was the Aggies' recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach until 2003 when he took over as offensive coordinator. The Aggies ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in 2004 in scoring offense and passing offense.

While presiding over the NMSU quarterbacks, Gdowski's signal callers were among the best in school history. In the 2003 season, Aggie quarterback Buck Pierce set a school record for passing efficiency and finished 14th in the nation. He also coached the 2002 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Paul Dombrowski, who set Aggie records for rushing yards and touchdowns in a season.

Gdowski began his coaching career at Nebraska, working with the quarterbacks, tight ends and receivers as a graduate assistant from 1991 to 1993. He then moved to South Dakota State, where he coached for four seasons. After two years as quarterbacks and wide receivers coach, Gdowski was promoted to offensive coordinator.

As a player, he earned three letters at Nebraska and was the starting quarterback and team captain for the Cornhuskers in 1989. Gdowski was named to the All-Big Eight First Team at quarterback in 1989 and was an eighth round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints. He finished his playing career in Lincoln with school records for most touchdown passes in a game (six vs. Iowa State in 1989) and a season (32 in 1989), as well as the season passing efficiency record (177.3 rating).

Gdowski excelled off the field at Nebraska as well. He earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 1989 and was awarded the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Postgraduate Scholarship as well as the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

A 1990 graduate of Nebraska with a bachelor's in business administration, Gdowski went on to earn his master's from Nebraska in 1996.

Gdowski and his wife, Sam, have three sons - Isaac, Luke, and Thomas.

A Fremont, Neb., native, Gdowski's recruiting emphasis includes Southeastern Ohio, Delaware, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.