Coastal Carolina finalizing cope with NC State OC Tim Beck, sources say

Tim Beck and Coastal Carolina are finalizing a deal to make him the college’s subsequent head coach, sources instructed ESPN on Sunday.

Beck, the offensive coordinator at NC State, is finalizing a five-year contract that may pay him practically $1 million per yr, sources stated. That contract will embrace sturdy incentives for efficiency, very similar to former coach Jamey Chadwell.

Sources stated an announcement of Beck’s hiring is predicted later Sunday, with the crew slated to be instructed early on Sunday afternoon.

Beck is a longtime offensive coordinator and playcaller who has served as an assistant coach at a few of school soccer’s prime applications, together with Texas, Ohio State and Nebraska.

He replaces Chadwell, who agreed to a seven-year deal to change into Liberty’s coach, sources instructed ESPN on Sunday. Chadwell had turned Coastal Carolina into one of many nation’s prime Group of 5 applications, going 31-6 the previous three seasons.

Sources instructed ESPN that the short timeline comes from Coastal Carolina officers making ready extensively in every of the previous two years to switch Chadwell. By digging in on candidates, faculty officers didn’t have to rent a search agency and have been in a position to transfer swiftly.

Beck involves Coastal Carolina with a robust offensive résumé. He has coached quite a few prime quarterbacks in school soccer, recruiting Todd Reesing to Kansas and tutoring Joe Burrow in his early years at Ohio State, Sam Ehlinger at Texas and J.T. Barrett at Ohio State. Most not too long ago, Beck labored with Devin Leary, who was one of many nation’s most efficient quarterbacks in 2021, when he threw for 35 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.

At Nebraska, Beck was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2012 and 2013. Coastal Carolina can be Beck’s first FBS head-coaching job, however he was a highschool head coach at three faculties for 9 seasons.

Beck, 56, brings some familiarity with Coastal Carolina as his daughter, Haylie, performed volleyball on the faculty.

He is also accustomed to Joe Moglia, Coastal Carolina’s former coach who now serves as the college’s chair of athletics/govt director for soccer/govt adviser for the president. Beck was an assistant coach at Nebraska when Moglia left the enterprise world and spent two years on the faculty as an off-field assistant to interrupt again into teaching.