Player Bio: Bob Bostad - University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site

Bob Bostad

	Position: Offensive Line
	Birthdate: 09/07/1966
	Experience: 7th Year

Alma Mater:
Wisconsin-Stevens Point '89

Bob Bostad begins his seventh year coaching an offensive line unit that seems to get better - and bigger - each year. His recruiting areas include central New Mexico, south-central Texas, including Austin and San Antonio, and the Kansas junior colleges.

Since 2001, New Mexico has produced more first-team all-MWC offensive linemen - five - than any other school in the league, and, all five have actually come in the past two seasons. Bostad has mentored 12 all-conference performers since his arrival at UNM in 1999.

In 2004, senior offensive tackle Claude Terrell and junior center Ryan Cook were repeat selections on the all-conference first team, while sophomore guard Robert Turner was honorable mention all-league. Terrell was a 4th-round NFL draft pick of the St. Louis Rams.

In 2003, Terrell was chosen third team All-American by the Associated Press, and for the first time in 32 years, three Lobo linemen were named first team all-conference in Terrell, Cook and senior OT Jason Lenzmeier. Additionally, Turner was named a Freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America.

Lenzmeier made history in 2003 when he became the first offensive lineman in MWC and school history to be named Offensive Player of the Week. UNM produced 633 yards in a 47-35 win at No. 23 Utah. In 86 plays, Lenzmeier had 15 knockdown blocks, did not allow a sack or commit a penalty while grading out at 99 percent. The Lobos ran for 407 yards against a defense that entered the contest ranked 25th in the country, allowing an average of 105.0 yards per game.

The 2003 Lobo offense and running game were powerful all season. UNM led the league in scoring (30.1) for the first time in 17 years and ranked 11th in the nation in rushing at 227 yards a game during the regular season. Sophomore DonTrell Moore set a school record with 1,450 yards rushing, thus becoming the first Lobo in 25 years to post consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Twice, UNM had two running backs rush for 100 yards in a game.

In 2002, Lenzmeier and Terrell were both second team all-MWC picks while Lenzmeier was chosen to the first team by The Sporting News.

The 2002 line paved the way for Moore to gain 1,134 yards, at the time the second-highest rushing total in school history. Lobo quarterbacks were sacked just 17 times - in 352 pass attempts or once every 21 attempts - in 14 games, the lowest total since 1997. Thanks to that protection, the team pass completion percentage rose from 42.6% in 2001 to 54.5%.

Terrell earned freshman All-America honors in 2001 while senior offensive guard Jeremy Sorenson was selected second team all-conference by the coaches and the media. Lenzmeier gained honorable mention accolades as a sophomore. In 2000, tackle Jon Samuelson was named second team all-conference by the coaches and first team all-league by the media and Football News magazine.

The Lobos averaged 27.6 points in 2001, a jump of more than eight points from 2000. Total offense also improved drastically from 266.6 yards a game in 2000 to 376.8 yards in 2001, an amazing increase of 110.2 yards a game.

New Mexico has also had a substantial margin in time of possession in the past: 32:33 in 2000, 31:42 in 2001; 30:58 in 2002; and 31:55 in 2003.

In his first season at UNM, Bostad`s offensive line boasted guard Jason Carson, who was named second team all-league. Carson became the first Lobo offensive guard to earn all-league laurels since 1978.

In two seasons (1997-98) as offensive line coach at San Jose State, Bostad's tutored offensive lineman David Loverne, who was named first team all-Western Athletic Conference. Loverne was a third-round selection of the New York Jets in the 1999 NFL Draft. Bostad doubled as offensive coordinator in `98.

Prior to his tenure at San Jose State, Bostad was the offensive line coach for two seasons (1995-96) at Cal State Northridge. He also spent three years (1992-94) as an offensive line graduate assistant under head coach Jim Wacker at the University of Minnesota.

Bostad served as the head coach at Kristlanstad in Sweden in 1991. He got his coaching start at his alma mater, mentoring the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point offensive line. He was with the Pointers from 1990-91 while he took a semester off from school to coach overseas.

Bostad graduated from Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1989 with a degree in Physical Education. He was a four-year starter for the Pointers at linebacker, and was named all-conference each season. Wisconsin-Stevens Point won 33 games during his career and tied Pacific Lutheran for the Division III national championship in 1987. Bostad received his master's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota in 1994.

The 38-year old Bostad is married to the former Cara Pennino. The couple has three daughters: Rachel, 9, Bryn, 8, and Annika, who will turn 5 in October, and a son John Robert, 3.