Polar Bear Football Camps

Eggerling joined Bowdoin in the summer of 2016 after eight years at Saint Anselm, where he was most recently the Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator. He coaches the safeties for the Polar Bears. He enjoys a decorated coaching career that saw him named the Division II Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston in 2014. From 2008-2012, his defensive units were consistently nationally-ranked in total takeaways, creating 112 turnovers during that stretch. His prior coaching experience includes a stint at Hartwick, where he was the team's defensive coordinator in 2007 when the team won the Empire 8 and was ranked 19th nationally in interceptions, as well as UNH and St. Lawrence. Eggerling was a four-year letterwinner in football at Southern Connecticut State University where he earned his bachelor degree in exercise science in 2001. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., attended Central Square High School, before attending Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine. Eggerling graduated with his master's degree from Saint Lawrence University in 2003.

 

Recruiting areas: Virginia, Maryland, D.C., Colorado, New Hampshire, Washington

 

Kyle McAllister arrived at Bowdoin in the summer of 2018 after a stint as recruiting coordinator, special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Tufts University. He will assume coaching duties of the cornerbacks for the Polar Bears this season. A 2010 Bates graduate, Mcallister was a two-time All-NESCAC selection at safety and was the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. He began his coaching career at Georgetown in 2010 and was the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at St. Lawrence from 2010-12. Prior to joining Tufts, he was defensive ends coach and punt return coordinator at the University of New Hampshire beginning in 2012. He will lead the wide receivers and be the special teams coordinator at Bowdoin.

 

Recruiting areas: New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts (East), Pennsylvania (East)

 

Nate Scola
Assistant Coach - Linebackers

Nate Scola joined the Bowdoin staff in March of 2020, where he will work as the assistant defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He coached St. Thomas University in FL in 2019, working as the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator/Linebackers Coach/Special teams.  Scola spend 2016-2018 at Savannah State, where he coached running backs.  Scola spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as an assistant coach at Wabash, working with the tight ends and also serving as the strength and conditioning coach.
 
As a player, Scola earned All-America and North Coast Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. He participated in the 2014 USA Football Bowl. He was named one of the team captains and the starting middle linebacker for the winning Admirals all-star team.
 
Scola also received the London Fletcher Award as the Outstanding NCAA Division III linebacker participating in the game. The Apache Junction, Ariz., native finished his career in sixth place for all-time tackles for loss in Wabash history and was named the team MVP.
 
Before that, he did several internships at his alma mater. He worked as a volunteer football coach, worked with the athletic equipment office, Dean of students and President’s Office and the Admissions office.
 
Scola graduated Cum Laude from Wabash in 2014 while majoring in Rhetoric and minoring in English.