Jason Michael Beck (born April 1, 1980) is an American
college football
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coach and former player who is currently the
offensive coordinator
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for the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at the
University of New Mexico
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.
Career
Early life and playing career
Beck was born in
Oxnard, California
Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California, United States. On California's Central Coast (California), Central Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the List of largest California cities by populati ...
to John and Mary Beck. He attended Hueneme High School. Beck served a 2-year mission in
Denver
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for
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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from 1999-2001, prior to his collegiate career.
Beck spent his freshman season at Ventura College and then moved to the
College of the Canyons
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in
Santa Clarita, California
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, where he led the Canyon Cougars to an 11-1 season and
Western State Conference
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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
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Academic All-American list.
After transferring to BYU, Beck served as the backup to All-American quarterback John Beck (no relation) from 2004-2006. 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.
Beck earned
bachelor's
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and
master's degrees
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in communications from BYU in 2006 and 2011.
Coaching career
Beck began as an offensive intern at BYU in 2007 and then worked in the same position with
LSU Tigers
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. He worked under former BYU head coach, Gary Crowton who was the OC on
Les Miles
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's
2008
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team.
Weber State
In 2009, he was hired by head coach
Ron McBride
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as quarterbacks coach at Weber State. At Weber State, he coached quarterback
Cameron Higgins
Cameron James Kalana Higgins (born March 28, 1988) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Weber State.Simon Fraser (SFU) in
Burnaby, British Columbia
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, Canada. At SFU, he turned around offense from being ranked last in
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
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(in 2011) to first place in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense in 2012.
BYU
In 2013, he returned to his alma mater as quarterbacks coach until his resignation December 9, 2015. He was hired by offensive coordinator Robert Anae.
UVA
In 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. Beck left this position after Mendenhall announced his retirement.
Syracuse
Beck was hired as Syracuse's quarterbacks coach on December 26, 2021. After Anae left for the same position at
NC State
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in December 2022, Beck was promoted to OC by head coach Dino Babers. In his one season as the OC Syracuse went 6-7 overall and 2-6 in conference.
New Mexico
In December 2023, Beck was named the OC at
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, joining Bronco Mendenhall, who was named the head coach, coming out of a two season retirement. This was the third time Beck had worked with Mendenhall, following BYU and UVA.
Utah
On December 5, 2024, Beck was named the offensive coordinator at
Utah
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, to replace Andy Ludwig.
Quarterbacks coached
Beck has coached three quarterbacks who have gone on to have careers in the
National Football League
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Bryce Perkins
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.
Personal life
Beck married Jaime Rendich, an All-American BYU soccer standout, in December 2005. They are the parents of a daughter and twin sons.