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Bronco great Nate Potter takes over for Dirk Koetter as Boise State offensive coordinator

Boise State Hall of Fame member was co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach in 2024

Bob Lundeberg

Former Boise State offensive lineman Nate Potter will be the Broncos' new offensive coordinator, according to Bruce Feldman.
Former Boise State offensive lineman Nate Potter will be the Broncos' new offensive coordinator, according to Bruce Feldman. / Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images

Nate Potter has received a promotion to offensive coordinator at Boise State, the school announced Friday morning.

The news was first reported by The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman.

Potter, 36, was previously the co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach for the Broncos, who were knocked out of the College Football Playoff earlier this week by Penn State. He will continue to coach tight ends in 2025.

The former Boise State offensive tackle and Hall of Fame member takes over the offense from Dirk Koetter, who will remain with the program as a senior analyst. Koetter has 42 years of coaching experience at the high school, college and NFL levels. 

With Koetter and Potter handling the offense in 2024, Boise State ranked sixth nationally in scoring offense at 37.3 points per game. The Broncos were eighth in total offense (466 yards per game) and rushing offense (240.4 yards per game) leaning on star tailback Ashton Jeanty, who ran for 2,601 yards — the second-most in FBS history — and 29 touchdowns en route to Heisman Trophy runner-up honors. 

Boise State finished 12-2 overall, captured a second straight Mountain West Conference championship and reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. 

Potter graduated from Boise’s Timberline High School and played for the Broncos from 2008-11. The offensive tackle was a consensus All-American as a senior for a Boise State team that went 12-1 overall and ended the year ranked No. 8 in the AP poll. 

In 2018, Potter was inducted into the Boise State Hall of Fame. He is the only Broncos football player to earn consensus All-America honors while also being named a first-team academic All-American. 

A seventh-round selection by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2012 NFL Draft, Potter’s professional career was cut short due to injury. 

Potter coached at Boise State from 2014-17 and spent the 2018 season at nearby College of Idaho as the offensive line coach. He then coached tight ends at FCS power Montana State from 2019-21 before returning to Boise State in 2022. Potter received a promotion to co-offensive coordinator for the 2024 season. 

Tight end Matt Lauter has excelled under Potter, finishing his junior season with 47 catches for 619 yards and seven touchdowns. Lauter had four receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown in Boise State’s 31-14 Fiesta Bowl loss to Penn State.

Lauter received first-team All-Mountain West honors this season. 

Koetter, 65, was the head coach for Boise State (1998-2000), Arizona State (2001-06) and the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2016-18). He also spent a number of years as an offensive coordinator with the Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oregon Ducks and several other colleges. 

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Bob Lundeberg
BOB LUNDEBERG

Bob Lundeberg is a reporter for Boise State Broncos On SI. An Oregon State graduate, Bob has lived in Idaho since 2019 and is an avid hiker and golfer.

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