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- Coached in seven bowl games, helped teams to six conference championship
- Won two NFL division titles, coached in four NFL Playoff games including Super Bowl XLI
- Spent three seasons as Cincinnati's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks from 2010-12
- Previously spent three seasons in the same position at Central Michigan (2007-09) and three seasons with the Chicago Bears of the NFL (2004-06)
- Was on the Bears coaching staff during Super Bowl XLI in Miami
- His offenses have scored 30-plus points in 55.1% of his career games
- In 2012, the Bearcats led the Big East in scoring offense, rushing offense, and yards per play
- Running back George Winn, led the conference in rushing yards (1,334), touchdowns and rushing TDs
- Under Bajakian, quarterback Zach Collaros became only the second passer in school history to reach the 6,000-yard and 50-touchdown milestone. He left Cincinnati with a 62% completion percentage, 6,278 yards passing, and 51 touchdowns
- The Bearcats won conference titles in each of the last two seasons, scoring an average of 33.3 points per game and 385 yards per game in 2011
- In 2012, Travis Kelce set the UC single-season mark for receptions (45), yards receiving (722) and touchdowns (8) by a tight end besting current Philadelphia Eagle Brent Celek's marks from 2004
- The 2012 Cincinnati team turned the ball over on only 13.1% of possessions, the 20th-best rate in the nation
- The 2011 Bearcats ranked No. 1 in the Big East in total rushing yards as NFL draft pick Isaiah Pead led the conference in rushing yards, rushing yards/game, rushing touchdowns and overall scoring
- In 2010, Cincinnati led the Big East in scoring offense (27.1 ppg), total offense (417.3 ypg), passing offense (260.7 ypg), first downs (21.9 ypg), third-down conversions (45.6 pct.) and touchdown passes (27)
- Tutored Isaiah Pead, the 2011 Big EAST Conference Offensive Player of the Year who recorded consecutive 1,000-yard seasons from 2010-11 and was a second-round selection of the St. Louis Rams
- At Central Michigan, his offenses from 2007-09 were the three highest-scoring teams in school history since the school joined the MAC in 1975 while also breaking or tying 30 school offense records
- Coached CMU QB Dan LeFevour, who ended his career with the Chippewas with an NCAA FBS-record 150 touchdowns (102 passing, 47 rushing, 1 receiving)
- LeFevour also finished his CMU career with 15,853 yards of total offense, trailing only Hawaii's Timmy Chang at the time (16,910)
- A native of River Vale, N.J. who was an All-New England Small College Athletic Conference and an All-ECAC quarterback at Williams College
- Bajakian and his wife Michelene have two children, Mary (2) and Anna (1) and have a baby on the way, due in August
