Bodie Reeder joined the WKU staff in the spring of 2026 as the Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach.
Reeder most recently served as the Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach at Middle Tennessee for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, and has also served in that role at the Division I level at Northern Iowa from 2022-23, at Utah State in 2020, at North Texas in 2019 and at Eastern Washington from 2017-18, producing some of the top offenses in the country. He has also worked as an Offensive Analyst/Interim Quarterbacks Coach at Auburn in 2021, in an Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Quarterbacks Coach role at Oklahoma State from 2014-16 and as the Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach at Wisconsin-Stout from 2011-13. He started his coaching career as a Defensive Graduate Assistant at Eastern Illinois in 2010.
Reeder coached a Middle Tennessee offense that finished second in CUSA both years in passing offense, behind only WKU. In 2025, the Blue Raiders averaged 266.1 yards per game through the air, and quarterback Nicholas Vattiato led the conference in completions per game with 24.22, as well as passing yards per game with 238.9 under Reeder. Reeder's team averaged 261.1 passing yards per game in 2024, and he again coached Vattiato to the top of the league in completions and passing yards per game with 22.42 and 257.7, respectively. Vattiato finished his career as the second player in Middle Tennessee history to record multiple 3,000-yard passing seasons. Reeder coached an offense that produced First Team All-CUSA members Holden Willis, who was also on three different All-American teams, and Omari Kelly.
In 2023, he helped Northern Iowa rank ninth nationally in red zone efficiency, 15th in passing offense and 39th in total offense. Quarterback Theo Day ranked 15th nationally in passing yards while receiver Sam Schnee earned All-American honors after ranking seventh nationally in receiving yards with 1,041. Day, a First Team All-MVFC player, led the conference in pass efficiency (169.0), passing touchdowns (26), passing yards (3,121) and total offense (289.7) as UNI posted the most efficient offense in the league with 444.9 yards per game and the MVFC's best third down conversion percentage (52%).
At Auburn in 2021, Reeder helped coach Bo Nix, who went on to set the program's career all-purpose yardage record, and he took over as the program's Quarterbacks Coach for the Birmingham Bowl.
Before helping Utah State navigate the COVID-19 pandemic-impacted season in 2020, Reeder spent the 2019 season at North Texas, where his offense finished with 30.3 points per game and ranked 27th nationally. The Mean Green finished second in Conference USA in passing (283.3 yards per game) and led Conference USA with 33 touchdown passes, which ranked 15th nationally. He coached several players to All-CUSA honors, including First Team wide receiver Jaelon Darden, Second Team quarterback Mason Fine, Second Team offensive lineman Elex Woodworth and All-Freshman receiver Jyaire Shorter.
Reeder produced some of the top offenses at the FCS level while at Eastern Washington from 2017-18 and helped lead the Eagles to the FCS National Championship Game in 2018. His 2017 Eastern Washington squad was eighth in the FCS in passing (320.5 per game), fifth in total offense (476.7), 14th in scoring (34.5 points per game) and 11th in third down conversions (46.1%). In the national runner-up 2018 season, Reeder helped Eastern Washington win the Big Sky Championship by scoring 45 or more points in seven games. The Eagles averaged 528.2 yards and 43.1 points per game that season, ranking third and fourth in the nation, respectively. Reeder coached 10 offensive players to All-Big Sky honors that season.
At Oklahoma State, Reeder was responsible for helping coach some of the top quarterbacks in the nation. The Cowboys ranked seventh nationally in passing, 19th in total offense, 10th in red zone scoring, 16th in passing efficiency and 12th in scoring. He coached Mason Rudolph, who ranked seventh nationally in passing in 2016 with an average of 314.7 yards per game, completed 63% of his passes for a total of 4,091 yards, 28 touchdowns and just four interceptions.
Reeder is a native of Mahomet, Illinois. He began his college playing career as a quarterback at Wyoming in 2005 and finished his career at Eastern Illinois from 2006-09, before opening his coaching career as a Graduate Assistant with the Panthers. Reeder and his wife, Ashley, have two children, Crew and Vaeda.
