Entering his third season coaching in the NFL, Vince Oghobaase begins his first year with the Packers in 2024 as the team's assistant defensive line coach. Named to his position on Feb. 5, 2024, by Head Coach Matt LaFleur, Oghobaase (oh-guh-BAH-see) comes to Green Bay after spending the past four seasons as the defensive line coach at Boston College.
During his four years at Boston College, Oghobaase was part of a staff that helped lead the Eagles to bowl eligibility in three of those four seasons, including a 2023 campaign that was capped off with a win over No. 17-ranked SMU in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. In 2023, Oghobaase tutored senior DT Cam Horsley, who earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honorable mention after posting 41 tackles (15 solo), three tackles for a loss and three passes defensed.
In 2022, Oghobaase mentored DE Donovan Ezeiruaku, who earned second-team All-ACC honors after leading the team with 8½ sacks and 14½ tackles for a loss, the most by an Eagle in both categories since 2018. He ranked No. 2 in the ACC with an average of 0.71 sacks per game. DT Chibueze Onwuka garnered All-ACC honorable mention after posting 41 tackles (16 solo), six tackles for a loss and a blocked extra point.
In 2021, Oghobaase was part of a staff that helped guide the Eagles to a No. 3 national ranking in passing defense with an average of 173.5 yards allowed per game as they allowed fewer than 300 net passing yards in 11 of 12 games. BC also finished with top-30 rankings in total defense (No. 28, 344.2 ypg), opponent red-zone scoring percentage (No. 30, 76.9), first downs allowed (t-No. 13, 222) and third-down defense (No. 25, 34.5). The Eagles also led the ACC in fewest penalties (65) and fewest penalty yards (596).
In his first season at BC in 2020, Oghobaase tutored DE Max Roberts, who finished with 4½ sacks and 6½ tackles for a loss. Roberts earned an invite to the Hula Bowl following the season and signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent in May 2021.
Before coming to Boston College, Oghobaase spent two seasons (2018-19) coaching the defensive line at UCLA, where DE Osa Odighizuwa led the line with a career-high 46 tackles (25 solo) and tied for the team lead with 10 tackles for a loss in 2019. Odighizuwa went on to be selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (No. 75 overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. In his first season at UCLA in 2018, Oghobaase tutored a line that helped the Bruins make significant improvements in yards allowed per carry (4.60 in 2018, 5.76 in 2017) and total defense (444.9 ypg in 2018, 483.7 in 2017).
Oghobaase's first NFL coaching experience came with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016-17 as assistant defensive line coach. In his first season, he helped tutor DL DeForest Buckner, who was named to the PFWA All-Rookie team after ranking No. 2 among all NFL defensive tackles with 73 tackles (43 solo) and No. 4 among all rookies with six sacks, the most by a 49ers rookie defensive lineman since DE Andre Carter (6½) in 2001. Buckner led the team in QB hits in both 2016 (18, No. 2 among NFL rookies) and 2017 (22), while DT Solomon Thomas added a team-high 10 tackles for a loss and 11 QB hits (No. 3 on the team) in 2017.
Prior to his time with the 49ers, Oghobaase served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State for three seasons (2013-15). Working primarily with the defensive linemen, he was part of a staff that helped the Buckeyes rank in the top 10 in the country in sacks in all three of those seasons (tied for No. 9 in 2015 with 38, tied for No. 7 in 2014 with 45, No. 3 in 2013 with 42) as Ohio State was tied for No. 4 in the country in sacks from 2013-15 with 125 over that span. In 2014, DE Joey Bosa recorded 13½ sacks, good for No. 5 in the nation and No. 3 in school history. In 2013, the Buckeyes ranked No. 9 in the nation in rushing defense (109.4 ypg).
Oghobaase began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Duke for two seasons (2011-12), where he was part of a staff that helped the Blue Devils earn their first bowl game appearance since 1994 when they played in the Belk Bowl against Cincinnati in 2012.
Oghobaase was a four-year starter on the defensive line at Duke from 2006-09, appearing in 44 games with 43 starts and finishing his career ranked No. 6 in school history in both sacks (14) and tackles for a loss (36½). He earned third-team All-America honors from The Sporting News in 2009 and twice earned All-ACC honorable mention (2008-09). Oghobaase signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and spent time on the Washington Redskins' practice squad in 2010. He also played for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League in 2010. Oghobaase was born Jan. 24, 1987, in Houston. He and his wife, Lexi, live in Green Bay.
