Football
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- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Email:
- tgbeck2@ncsu.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 515-7062
UCF ‘85
35th year in coaching, 3rd at NC State
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
Played one year of football at Central Florida (1985).
EDUCATION:
Earned a B.A. in liberal studies from UCF in 1988. Also earned a master’s in counseling and guidance from Kansas State (1992).
PERSONAL DATA:
Born March 14, 1966 in Youngstown, Ohio. He and his wife, Tamara, have two children – a son, Jordan, and a daughter, Haylie who works on the Pack Football Nutrition staff.
BOWL EXPERIENCE:
AS A COACH: NC State - 2021 Holiday Bowl*, 2021 Gator Bowl; Texas – 2019 Alamo Bowl, 2018 Sugar Bowl, 2017 Texas Bowl; Ohio State – 2016 Fiesta Bowl (CFP), 2015 Fiesta Bowl; Nebraska - 2014 Holiday Bowl, 2013 Gator Bowl, 2012 Capital One Bowl, 2011 Capital One Bowl, 2010 Holiday Bowl, 2009 Holiday Bowl, 2008 Gator Bowl; Kansas – 2007 Orange Bowl, 2005 Fort Worth Bowl.
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS:
Overall:
- In 2020, named the nation’s eighth-best recruiter by 247Sports.com.
At NC State:
- A nominee for the 2020 Broyles Award - given to the nation’s top assistant coach.
- QB Devin Leary set a new NC State school record for most TD passes in a single season in 2021, with 35. He became one of just three QBs in ACC history to post a 3,400 yard/35 TD regular season. He also passed for 27 TDs in ACC play - a mark that led the conference, and he became the first Pack QB to throw for four or more TDs against five ACC opponents.
- Despite starting two different quarterbacks in 2020, the Wolfpack posted some of the top offensive marks in school history: passing yards (3,154, 11th), passing yards/game (252.8, 9th), completion pct. (.628, 5th), scoring (363 pts, 12th), first downs (267, 10th), fewest turnovers (19, 10th), fewest fumbles lost (4, 1st).
- Both starting quarterbacks in 2020 finished the season with some of the top passing efficiency marks in school history. Devin Leary’s 148.33 mark is second in school history only to Philip Rivers, while Bailey Hockman’s 138.08 mark ranks sixth in school history.
At Texas:
- Under his guidance, Texas’ offense ranked among the nation’s most prolific. In 2019, the Longhorns ranked 17th nationally in scoring (35.2 ppg), 17th in completion percentage (.651), 20th in passing offense (289.3), 12th in red zone offense (.920), and 14th in total offense (465.8).
- Mentored Longhorn QB Sam Ehlinger, who posted some of the top marks nationally in 2019, ranking fourth nationally in total offense, ninth in passing yards and 13th in touchdown passes in the regular season. He was the sixth Longhorn quarterback, and first since Colt McCoy (2006-09) to rush for 1,000 yards
- Ehlinger was 284-of-436 for 3,462 yards and 29 touchdowns and rushed for 4590 yards and six touchdowns on 152 carries in 2019. He accounted for 4,052 yards of total offense (3rd in school history) and 35 total touchdowns (4th) that season. He was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Wuerffel Trophy and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
- Texas converted 86-of-175 (49.1%) third downs in 2019, the ninth-best conversion rate nationally.
- In 2018, Ehlinger passed for 3,292 yards and accounted for 41 touchdowns (25 passing/16 rushing) - only five other players in college football history ever tallied that many TDs (and they all won the Heisman)
- In 2018, UT ranked fourth in the FBS in turnovers lost, went three straight games without a turnover and did not turn the ball over in five total games for the season.
In 2017, freshman Ehlinger was also the Longhorns’ leading rusher with 385 yards, becoming the first Texas quarterback since McCoy in 2008 to lead UT in both passing and rushing.
At Ohio State:
- Fielded one of the top offenses in the nation in 2016 en route to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the College Football Playoff.
– OSU ranked 14th in the FBS in scoring offense with an average of 39.4 points per game in 2016. The rushing attack ranked 12th nationally at 245.2 yards per game, which led the Big Ten, while the team’s completion percentage (62.3%) also led the conference.
- Coached quarterback J.T. Barrett, who set the school record for touchdowns responsible for with 100.
- Barrett posted 3,400 total yards (2,555 passing/845 rushing) and accounted for 33 touchdowns (24 passing/nine rushing) in 2016. He was one of two players to share the 2016 Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award, which is voted on by the conference head coaches and awarded to the Big Ten MVP, and he was also named the conference quarterback of the year.
- In 2015, Ohio State featured a ground game that ranked 11th in the nation, matching the 2016 team with a 245.2 yards per game average. Buckeyes also ranked in the top 30 in the country in completion percentage at 62.8 percent (29th), while their 35.7 scoring average ranked 28th.
- In 2015, Ohio State ranked second in the Big Ten in passing efficiency with a 140.0 rating.
- Coached Cardale Jones, who went on to be a fourth-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in the 2016 NFL Draft. Running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and MVP. Ohio State finished the season with a 12-1 record, capped by a Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame.
At Nebraska:
- A finalist for the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach in both 2012 and 2013.
- Between 2011-14, Beck’s Nebraska offenses ranked among the best in the Big Ten Conference and his passing attack amassed more than 10,000 yards during that time with 86 touchdowns.
- In his four seasons as coordinator, the Huskers averaged 33.5 points per game. The Huskers broke more than 50 individual records including career marks for passing yards, completions, passing touchdowns, yards from scrimmage and total offense.
- In 2012, Nebraska totaled 2,500 rushing and passing yards in the same season for the first time in school history. The Huskers accomplished the feat again in both 2013 and 2014.
- On the ground, Nebraska ranked in the top 20 nationally in rushing every season with Beck as coordinator. Five Huskers posted a 1,000-yard rushing season.
- Through the air, two of Nebraska’s top six passing seasons in school history came under Beck’s direction. Quarterback Taylor Martinez set more than 40 school records and was named the All-Big Ten Conference quarterback following the 2012 regular season.
- In 2011, All-Big Ten back Rex Burkhead scored 17 touchdowns - seventh in NU history and the most by a Husker since Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch scored 19 touchdowns in 2001. Burkhead finished with 1,357 rushing yards, the seventh-most in school history and the most by a Husker I-back since 1997.
- As running backs coach in 2010, the Huskers ranked seventh nationally with an average of 5.47 yards per carry. Nebraska also posted its first 2,500-yard rushing season since 2003 and scored 30 rushing touchdowns for the first time since 2001.
- Two-time All-Big 12 selection Roy Helu Jr. ran for a career-high 1,245 yards, the second-highest total by a senior running back in NU history, before being selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Helu Jr. became the first Husker to post back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons since Calvin Jones in 1992 and 1993.
At Kansas:
- The Jayhawks finished second nationally in scoring offense in 2007 (42.8 ppg), eighth in total offense (479.8 ypg) and 17th in passing (291.0 ypg) and went 12-1 with a 24-21 victory over Virginia Tech in the FedEx Orange Bowl and a final national ranking of No. 7.
YEAR BY YEAR WITH TIM BECK
| Year(s) | School | Position |
| 1988-89 | Miramar (Fla.) HS | Assistant Coach |
| 1990 | Illinois State | OLB/Punters |
| 1991-92 | Kansas State | GA |
| 1993-95 | Saguaro (AZ) HS | Head Coach |
| 1996 | Missouri State | Wide Receivers |
| 1997 | Missouri State | Pass Game Coordinator/WR |
| 1998 | Missouri State | Offensive Coordinator/QB |
| 1999-01 | R.L. Turner (TX) HS | Head Coach |
| 2002-04 | Mansfield Summitt (TX) HS | Head Coach |
| 2005-06 | Kansas | Wide Receivers |
| 2007 | Kansas | Pass Game Coordinator/WR |
| 2008-10 | Nebraska | Running Backs |
| 2011-14 | Nebraska | Offensive Coordinator/QB |
| 2015-16 | Ohio State | Co-Offensive Coordinator/QB |
| 2017-19 | Texas | Offensive Coordinator/QB |
| 2020-pres. | NC State | Offensive Coordinator/QB |
