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Jason Beck (American football)
Jason Michael Beck (born 1980) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator (OC) for the University of Utah (U of U). Prior to the U of U, he was the OC at the University of New Mexico, quarterbacks coach at the University of Virginia (UVA) and Brigham Young University (BYU), his alma mater, each under head coach Bronco Mendenhall, and the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse University under head coach Dino Babers. CareerEarly life and playing careerBeck was born in Oxnard, California to John and Mary Beck.[1] He attended Hueneme High School. Beck served a 2-year mission in Denver for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1999-2001, prior to his collegiate career.[2] Beck spent his freshman season at Ventura College and then moved to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, where he led the Canyon Cougars to an 11-1 season and Western State Conference title as a sophomore. He was a unanimous first-team All-Conference pick, throwing for 2,052 yards while completing 77.5% of his passes. He also added 430 rushing yards. He was also named to the Junior college Academic All-American list. After transferring to BYU, Beck served as the backup to All-American quarterback John Beck (no relation) from 2004-2006.[3] In his lone start in a 38-0 victory over Utah State his senior season, Beck totaled 553 passing yards and 28 rushing yards, including 305 yards on 20-of-28 passing.[4] Beck earned bachelor's and master's degrees in communications from BYU in 2006 and 2011.[5] Coaching careerBeck began as an offensive intern at BYU in 2007 and then worked in the same position with LSU Tigers. He worked under former BYU head coach, Gary Crowton who was the OC on Les Miles's 2008 team. Weber StateIn 2009, he was hired by head coach Ron McBride as quarterbacks coach at Weber State. At Weber State, he coached quarterback Cameron Higgins, who completed his four-year standout career as one of the top players in Weber State history and set many school records.[6] Simon FraserIn 2012, Beck was named the OC at Simon Fraser (SFU) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.[7] At SFU, he turned around offense from being ranked last in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (in 2011) to first place in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense in 2012. BYUIn 2013, he returned to his alma mater as quarterbacks coach until his resignation December 9, 2015.[2] He was hired by offensive coordinator Robert Anae.[8] UVAIn 2015, Beck accepted the quarterbacks coach position at UVA, with Robert Anae as the OC, going from BYU with Bronco Mendenhall, the university's new head football coach.[9] Beck left this position after Mendenhall announced his retirement.[10] SyracuseBeck was hired as Syracuse's quarterbacks coach on December 26, 2021.[11][12][13] After Anae left for the same position at NC State in December 2022, Beck was promoted to OC by head coach Dino Babers.[14][15] In his one season as the OC Syracuse went 6-7 overall and 2-6 in conference. [16] New MexicoIn December 2023, Beck was named the OC at New Mexico, joining Bronco Mendenhall, who was named the head coach, coming out of a two season retirement.[17] This was the third time Beck had worked with Mendenhall, following BYU and UVA. U of UOn December 5, 2024, Beck was named the OC at the U of U, to replace Andy Ludwig.[18] Quarterbacks coachedBeck has coached three quarterbacks who have gone on to have careers in the National Football League: Taysom Hill, Kurt Benkert, and Bryce Perkins.[19][20] Personal lifeBeck married Jaime Rendich, an All-American BYU soccer standout, in December 2005.[3][21] They are the parents of a daughter and twin sons.[11] References
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