Pacific University Athletics

(Accomplishments while at Pacific)

Fourth season as Head Coach of the Boxers football program. Joined Pacific coaching staff in 2010 when program was restarted Helped lead an offense in 2019 that posted best season since return of program (4,560 total yards & 70 TDs) Led the Boxers to their best Northwest Conference record (5-2) since 2014 in his first season as head coach.

Ian Falconer will enter his fourth season as head coach in the fall of 2024. He took the reigns from former coach and now Athletic Director, Keith Buckley following the 2019 season. Coach Falconer is in his 14th season on the Pacific football staff serving as an offensive assistant.

In his first season as head coach, Falconer led the Boxers to their best Northwest Conference record (5-2) since 2014. Pacific finished 6-3 overall, with two of those losses coming to ranked opponents. Falconer saw 15 Boxers receive All-NWC honors in the 2021 season with four First-Team honorees.

For the last eight seasons, Pacific has had at least one lineman selected all-conference, with linemen Roman Okonowski and Mitchell Ulrich being chosen first team all-Northwest Conference in 2019. Falconer coached an offensive line that blocked for 1,876 yards rushing on 408 attempts with 19 touchdowns – the most since Pacific brought back football in 2010, while the passing game had their best marks since the return of football in 2010, also with 2,684 yards on 238 completions with 21 touchdowns. Combined the Boxer offense set new single-season total offense marks for yards (4,560) and touchdowns (70).

The 2018 Boxer offense averaged 298.3 yards of total offense per contest. On three occasions, the Boxer racked up over 400 yards of total offense including a 443-yard effort in the win over Lewis & Clark. In 2017, the Pacific offense averaged a school record 435.1 yards of total offense, including an average of 168.4 yards on the ground per contest. Pacific’s 2015 team averaged 31.1 points and 403 yards of total offense a contest, including an average of 150 yards rushing a game. Four of the five starting offensive linemen earned all-conference honors. In 2014, the offense put up 30.3 points and 364 yards a game and in 2013 they averaged 34.6 points and 399 yards of total offense. 
  
Falconer came to Pacific from Lewis & Clark where he served as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Lewis & Clark from 2006 to 2009. He began his college coaching career at L&C, serving as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2003 season. In between Lewis & Clark stints, Falconer spent two years at NCAA Division III Oberlin College (OH), where he worked as the offensive line coach and assistant head coach.  He also served as the Yeomen’s strength and conditioning coach and recruiting coordinator. 
  
In addition to his college experience, Falconer spent the 2002 season as the assistant offensive line coach at West Linn High School. 
  
Falconer played his college football at Portland State University.  He was a four-year offensive line standout for the Vikings, earning All-Big Sky Conference honors at center as a senior.  He played a key role on a Portland State offensive line that gave up only 12 sacks during the 2000 season. 
  
Falconer earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Portland State in 2000.  He and his wife, Angel, reside in Forest Grove with their daughter, Leta.