Bobby Rome II

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]

Bobby Rome II

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Chicago State
Conference	NEC
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	(1986-04-29) April 29, 1986 (age 39) 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
Position(s)	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
2025–present	Chicago State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2018–2019	Virginia–Lynchburg
Head coaching record
Overall	19–36–1 (college) 3–3 (AIF)

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 (Northeast Conference) (2026–present)
2026	Chicago State	0–0	0–0
Chicago State:		0–0	0–0
Total:		19–36–1

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.