West Virginia University Athletics

Jack Bicknell Jr. joined the Mountaineer football coaching staff as the offensive line coach in January 2025.

He rejoined Rodriguez as a member of his staff after the two worked together at Ole Miss in 2019. Bicknell has more than 35 years experience coaching offensive lines at the collegiate and NFL levels and comes to WVU after serving as the offensive line coach at Wisconsin in 2023.

Prior to his time at Wisconsin, he oversaw the North Carolina offensive line in 2022, helping lead the Tar Heels to a 9-4 mark in the regular season, a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game and an appearance in the Holiday Bowl. 

Bicknell spent the 2021 season at Louisville, leading an offensive line that helped the Cardinals rank No. 22 nationally and No. 3 in the ACC in rushing and No. 21 nationally in total offense. Louisville ranked first in the ACC in fewest sacks and tackles for loss allowed.

Prior to Louisville, he coached the offensive lines at Auburn and Ole Miss. He helped guide the Tigers to the Citrus Bowl and spent three years rebuilding the Rebels’ offense. 

In 2019 under Rodriguez as offensive coordinator, the Rebels were one of the top rushing teams in the nation, finishing second in the SEC and ninth in the country.

In 2017 and ’18, Bicknell’s offensive line helped Ole Miss quarterbacks lead the SEC in passing yards per game.

Prior to joining Ole Miss, Bicknell spent two seasons as assistant offensive line coach with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.         

Bicknell came to Miami after spending the 2013 season as the offensive line coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. While in Pittsburgh, Bicknell’s unit helped running back Le’Veon Bell amass 1,259 yards from scrimmage, the most by a Steelers rookie.

Before joining the Steelers, Bicknell served as the offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012, when he directed a unit that was instrumental in helping running back Jamaal Charles return to All-Pro form after an ACL injury cut short his 2011 season.

Bicknell began his NFL coaching career with the New York Giants in 2009 and was a member of a coaching staff that helped lead the franchise to its fourth Super Bowl title with a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots.

Before his time in the NFL, Bicknell spent eight seasons as the head coach at Louisiana Tech (1999-2006), where his 43 victories werer the fourth-most in school history. In 2001, he was named WAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to a conference championship in their first year of membership. Bicknell also served as the Bulldogs’ offensive line coach from 1997-98.

Bicknell began his coaching career at his alma mater, Boston College, as a graduate assistant from 1985-86.

Following his two seasons with the Eagles, Bicknell joined the staff at New Hampshire in 1987 and spent 10 seasons there, coaching the defensive line (1987-92) before moving to the offensive line (1993-96). He returned to BC in 2007 as the Eagles’ assistant head coach/offensive line coach for two seasons (2007-08) before joining the Giants in the NFL.

A three-year letterwinner as an offensive lineman, Bicknell played collegiately for his father, Jack, at Boston College from 1981-85 where he was the center for 1984 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Doug Flutie.

Bicknell comes from a family of coaches. His father was the head coach at Boston College (1981-90) prior to becoming the head coach of the Barcelona Dragons (1991-03) of NFL Europe. His brother, Bob, has coached in NFL Europe, at the collegiate level and in the NFL.

Born in North Plainfield, New Jersey, Bicknell attended Orono (Maine) High School. He and his wife, Helen, have three children; John, Katelyn and Alyse, and five grandchildren, Jay, Asher, Noelle, Haven and Ben.