Mike Bajakian (born August 4, 1974) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and as the offensive coordinator at Boston College, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Central Michigan, Northwestern, Utah, and UMass.
Coaching career On February 1, 2026, the Cleveland Browns hired Bajakian to serve as the team's quarterbacks coach under new head coach Todd Monken.
Personal life Bajakian grew up in River Vale, New JerseyBrown, Patrick. "2013 College Blitz - Can they score?", Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 25, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2015. "Though he majored in history, Bajakian taught a variety of math classes, from algebra and geometry to trigonometry and pre-calculus, at the Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., less than an hour east of New York City and 40 miles northwest of his hometown of River Vale, N.J." and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School with the class of 1992.Conrad, JJ. "Recruiting: Updates on Bergen Catholic Football, including QB Jarrett Guarantano" , Varsity Aces, January 23, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015. "And with Tennessee, the current offensive coordinator, Mike Bajakian, is a Bergen Catholic graduate (’92) — scratch that, Bajakian was hired Thursday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB coach — and the Vols’ head coach, Butch Jones, was a grad assistant at Rutgers when Guarantano’s father was at Rutgers."
He is married to Michelene, and together they have five children: Mary, Anna, Emma, Samuel and Rose.
Bajakian is of Armenian descent.
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External links Northwestern profile