Blair Cavanaugh - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Blair Cavanaugh

Title:
Quality Control (Special Teams)
Email:
bdcavana@syr.edu

Blair Cavanaugh joined the Orange staff in February 2019. The son of Syracuse offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh, Blair is in his second season as the Orange’s quality control coach for special teams.

Before coming to Syracuse, Cavanaugh was a graduate assistant at Ball State from 2017-18. He helped coach the Cardinals wide receivers, including 2018 All-MAC selections Riley Miller and Justin Hall. Cavanaugh also made a brief stop at Nebraska as an offensive staff volunteer.

Cavanaugh played his college football at Portland State and Oregon State. A wide receiver himself, Cavanaugh began his career with Oregon State and was a member of OSU’s 2012 Alamo Bowl and 2013 Hawaii Bowl teams. In 2012, he was named Oregon State’s Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year. Cavanaugh played his final two seasons at Portland State and helped the Vikings to the 2015 FCS playoffs.

Cavanaugh earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Portland State in 2016.