Bobby Rome II
American football coach (born 1986)
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Bobby Rome II (born April 29, 1986) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Chicago State University, a position he has held since 2025.[1] He was the head football coach for the Carolina Force of the American Indoor Football (AIF) in 2012, Far Eastern Federal University from 2013 to 2016,[2] the Virginia University of Lynchburg from 2018 to 2019,[3] Central State University from 2020 to 2021,[4][5][6] and Florida Memorial University from 2022 to 2024.[7][8][9] He also coached for Norfolk Christian Schools, Saint Petersburg State, and the North Carolina club football team. He played college football for North Carolina and Moscow State and professionally for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL), the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Indoor Football (UIF),[10] and the Moscow Patriots of the Eastern European Super League (EESL).[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Chicago State |
| Conference | NEC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 29, 1986 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2009) |
| Playing career | |
| 2006–2009 | North Carolina |
| 2010 | Green Bay Packers* |
| 2010 | Las Vegas Locomotives |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Steelers* |
| 2011 | Las Vegas Locomotives |
| 2012 | Moscow Patriots |
| 2013 | Moscow State |
| Positions | Fullback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010 | Norfolk Christian (VA) (co-OC/QB) |
| 2012 | Carolina Force (interim HC) |
| 2013 | Saint Petersburg State (AHC) |
| 2013–2016 | Far Eastern Federal |
| 2016–2017 | North Carolina (club) |
| 2018–2019 | Virginia–Lynchburg |
| 2020–2021 | Central State (OH) |
| 2022–2024 | Florida Memorial |
| 2026–present | Chicago State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2018–2019 | Virginia–Lynchburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–36–1 (college) 3–3 (AIF) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 UFL (2010) | |
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons (National Christian College Athletic Association) (2018–2019) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Virginia–Lynchburg | 3–6 | |||||||
| 2019 | Virginia–Lynchburg | 0–10 | |||||||
| Virginia–Lynchburg: | 3–16 | ||||||||
| Central State Marauders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Central State | 1–5[n 1] | 0–4[n 1] | (West) | |||||
| Central State: | 1–5 | 0–4 | |||||||
| Florida Memorial Lions (Sun Conference) (2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Florida Memorial | 3–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2023 | Florida Memorial | 6–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2024 | Florida Memorial | 6–4–1 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| Florida Memorial: | 15–15–1 | 10–10 | |||||||
| Chicago State Cougars (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2026–present) | |||||||||
| 2026 | Chicago State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Chicago State: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–36–1 | ||||||||
- Rome resigned after six games and George Ragsdale was appointed interim head coach and led the Marauders for the remainder of the season.[11] Central State finished the season with an overall record of 1–9 and a mark of 0–6 in conference play.
