Jonathan Beasley is an

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coach and former player. He played

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as a

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for the

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team in 1999 and 2000. He currently serves as co-

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator (OC) is a Coach (sport), coach responsible for a gridiron football team's offense (American football), offense. Generally, the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator represent the second ...

, running backs coach, and tight ends coach at

Tarleton State University Tarleton State University is a Public university, public research university in Stephenville, Texas, United States. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 15,000 students in the fall of 2022. It is Carnegie C ...

College career

Beasley was a two-year starter at Kansas State, compiling a 132.7 pass efficiency rating in 2000, the top mark in school history to that point. He threw for 33 touchdowns in his career and finished with 4,642 career passing yards. He holds the school record for most yards per completion for a game (23.9), season (20.1) and career (17.9) while also compiling a 21-4 record in two seasons as the Wildcat starting quarterback. He led K-State to the 2000 Big 12 Championship Game appearance against

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as a senior, and led the Wildcats to a win over

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that same season by throwing a game-winning 12-yard scoring strike in the game's final three minutes.

Professional career

Beasley played professionally for the

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in the

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in 2005, the

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in Arena II in 2004, the

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in 2003, the

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also in 2003, and the

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in 2001. He also played for the

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of the

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in 2001 and 2002.

Coaching career

Beasley began coaching JV and freshman quarterbacks at

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his alma mater in

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in 2003.The JV team finished 8-1 that season led by a freshman Quarterback who Beasley mentored and developed. Beasley served as a graduate assistant at Emporia State as well as quarterbacks and running backs coach at

Wichita North High School Wichita North High School, known locally as North, is a public secondary school in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Wichita USD 259 school district and serves students in grades 9 to 12. The school was founded in 1929 on the si ...

in 2006. Beasley served as the wide receivers coach at

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in 2007 and 2008. The Bobcats went 7-5 this past season and 6-5 in Beasley’s first season on staff. As part of the Bobcat coaching staff, Beasley also assisted with the weekly implementation of the offensive game plan and served as the MSU Community Service Coordinator. Beasley was an offensive graduate assistant at Kansas State under head coach

Bill Snyder William D. Snyder (born October 7, 1939) is an American retired college football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2018. Snyder initially retired fro ...

from 2009-2011. He was hired to coach wide receivers at

in 2012.

References

External links

Tarleton State Texans
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