Brent Vigen

Brent Erick Vigen (born March 19, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. Vigen is currently the head coach for the Montana State Bobcats. He was previously the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming. He has spent the majority of his coaching career on Craig Bohl's staffs.

Playing career Vigen was a member of three NCAA Division II playoff teams (1994, 1995, and 1997) during his career at North Dakota State from 1993 through 1997. He played tight end and was a two-year starter.

Coaching career North Dakota State Following his playing career, Vigen joined the coaching staff at North Dakota State as a graduate assistant for Bob Babich from 1998 to 2000. In 2001, he was promoted to a full-time position, coaching the tight ends in 2001 and the quarterbacks in 2002. New head coach Craig Bohl assigned Vigen as the running backs coach for the 2003 season, before promoting him to passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2004 to 2008. Prior to the 2009 season, Vigen was again promoted, this time to offensive coordinator. Vigen remained in this role through the 2013 season, when he followed Bohl to a new opportunity.

Montana State In February 2021, Vigen got his first head coaching job as the head coach at Montana State, replacing Jeff Choate. He won the 2024 Eddie Robinson Award as national coach of the year, and has led Montana State to Big Sky Championships in 2022, 2024 and 2025. The Bobcats beat Illinois State in 35–34 in overtime on January 5, 2026, to win the 2025 FCS Championship. Due to this historic victory where after 41 years MSU won a national title, Vigen was awarded over $180,000 US dollars in bonuses (about two thirds of his base salary).

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Personal life Vigen and his wife, Molly, have three sons: Jake, Grant, and Luke. Molly played basketball at North Dakota State and was a member of the 1996 NCAA Division II National Championship team. Jake and Grant were members of the 2025 Montana State FCS National Championship football team.