| Bob Bostad | |
| Current Title: | Offensive line coach & run game coordinator |
| Current Team: | Indiana |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Pardeeville, Wisconsin |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| Player Years1: | 1986–1989 |
| Player Team1: | Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1990–1991 |
| Coach Team1: | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (OL) |
| Coach Years2: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team2: | Minnesota (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team3: | Cal State Northridge (OL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1997 |
| Coach Team4: | San Jose State (OL) |
| Coach Years5: | 1998 |
| Coach Team5: | San Jose State (co-OC/OL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1999–2005 |
| Coach Team6: | New Mexico (OL) |
| Coach Years7: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team7: | Wisconsin (RGC/TE) |
| Coach Years8: | 2008–2011 |
| Coach Team8: | Wisconsin (RGC/OL) |
| Coach Years9: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team9: | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (OL) |
| Coach Years10: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team10: | Tennessee Titans (OL) |
| Coach Years11: | 2016 |
| Coach Team11: | Northern Illinois (TE/FB) |
| Coach Team12: | Wisconsin (ILB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2017–2021 |
| Coach Team13: | Wisconsin (OL) |
| Coach Years13: | 2022 |
| Coach Team14: | Indiana (RGC/OL) |
| Coach Years14: | 2023–present |
Bob Bostad (born September 7, 1966)[1] is the run game coordinator and offensive line coach for Indiana University.
Bostad graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1989 with a degree in Physical Education. In 1994, he received his master's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota.[2]
Bostad's first coaching job was as Offensive Line Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 1990 to 1991. From there he served in the same position at California State University, Northridge before becoming a graduate assistant at the University of Minnesota. He served as Offensive Line Coach and offensive coordinator of the San Jose State Spartans and offensive line Coach of the New Mexico Lobos from 1999 to 2005. Bostad served as the Tight Ends Coach, Offensive Line Coach, and Running Game Coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2006–2011.[3] Bostad briefly served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh before taking the position of offensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in February 2012.[4] He then spent two seasons coaching with Tampa Bay and two seasons coaching with the Tennessee Titans. He most recently was tight ends and fullbacks coach at Northern Illinois in 2016, before taking the job as inside linebackers coach with the Badgers in February 2017.[5]
In December of 2022, Bostad accepting the offensive line coach job at Indiana.[6]
Bostad is a native of Pardeeville, Wisconsin. He has three daughters: Rachel, Bryn and Annika, and a son, John. [7]