Jake Spavital

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Jake Spavital
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Spavital at 2019 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
Team Baylor
Conference Big 12
Biographical details
Born (1985-05-01) May 1, 1985 (age 39)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
2006–2007 Missouri State
Position(s) Quarterback, punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008 Tulsa (OQC)
2009 Houston (GA)
2010 Oklahoma State (GA)
2011–2012 West Virginia (QB)
2013 Texas A&M (co-OC/QB)
2014–2015Texas A&M (OC/QB)
2016 California (OC/QB)
2017–2018West Virginia (OC/QB)
2019–2022 Texas State
2023California (OC/QB)
2024–present Baylor (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall13–35

Jacob Stephen Spavital (born May 1, 1985) is an American college football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Baylor Bears. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at Cal Golden Bears in 2023.

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Coaching career

Early coaching career

Following his playing career at Missouri State University, Spavital became a member of the coaching staff at Tulsa in 2008 where he worked as an offensive quality control assistant under Gus Malzahn. Following the 2008 season Spavital became a graduate assistant at Houston. While at Houston, Spavital worked under head coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen. Spavital became familiar with Holgorsen's offense while working at Houston, and when Holgorsen became the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State in 2010 he took Spavital with him and gave him the same position of graduate assistant. Spavital was an essential piece of Holgorsen's coaching staff at Oklahoma State because he was the only person on the staff familiar with the offense that Holgorsen ran. Spavital helped teach the new offense to QB Brandon Weeden, who was nearly two years older than Spavital. That season, Oklahoma State went 11–2 and Weeden was third in the nation in yards per game and total yards as well as sixth in the nation in touchdowns. [1] [2]

When Holgorsen became head coach at West Virginia before the 2011 season, he took Spavital with him and made him quarterbacks coach. While at West Virginia, Spavital coached Geno Smith. Under Spavital's coaching Smith would break numerous WVU, NCAA, and bowl records.

When Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury left Texas A&M to become the head coach at Texas Tech, A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin offered Spavital the position. [3] At Texas A&M, Spavital started as the co-offensive coordinator with Clarence McKinney and was the quarterbacks coach. In the 2013 season, he coached Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

On January 3, 2016 Spavital and Texas A&M mutually parted ways, partially due to the Kyler Murray/Kyle Allen quarterback controversy during the 2015 season that saw both highly rated QBs transfer out of A&M the same season. [4]

On February 11, 2016 Spavital was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the California Golden Bears football team. On January 8, 2017, following the firing of head coach Sonny Dykes, it was announced that Spavital would serve as interim head coach at Cal. [5]

On January 13, 2017, it was announced that Spavital would be returning to West Virginia as offensive coordinator, rejoining Holgorsen and offensive line coach Joe Wickline, who he coached with while with Holgorsen at Oklahoma State.

Texas State

On November 28, 2018, Spavital was named the head coach at Texas State, taking over for Everett Withers. [6] On August 29, 2019 Spavital and Texas State lost to No. 12 ranked Texas A&M 41–7 in Spavital's first game as head coach. On September 21, Spavital recorded his first win as a head coach when his Bobcats defeated Georgia State, 37–34, in 3 OTs.

Texas State fired Spavital following the 2022 season. [7] In four years, Spavital's teams went 13–35 overall and did not appear in a bowl game.

Return to California

On December 6, 2022, Spavital was rehired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at California, now under head coach Justin Wilcox. [8]

Baylor

On November 30, 2023, Spavital was named offensive coordinator at Baylor, under head coach Dave Aranda. [9]

Personal

Spavital's grandfather, Jim Spavital, was a professional football player who played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), National Football League (NFL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL) and later worked as a coach. His father is Steve Spavital, who is a former head football coach at Broken Arrow High School. [10] His brother, Zac Spavital, was the defensive coordinator under him at Texas State. While attending school in Springfield, Spavital won the Missouri Baptist State sword drill competition. [11]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Texas State Bobcats (Sun Belt Conference)(2019–2022)
2019 Texas State 3–92–64th (West)
2020 Texas State 2–102–6T–3rd (West)
2021 Texas State 4–83–52nd (West)
2022 Texas State 4–82–66th (West)
Texas State:13–359–23
Total:13–35

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References

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  2. ↑ Staples, Andy. "Texas A&M's Jake Spavital up for task of managing Johnny Football - College Football - Andy Staples - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bruce Feldman. "Texas A&M hires Jake Spavital as quarterbacks coach/co-OC". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ Perroni, Brian (January 3, 2016). "Texas A&M parts ways with OC Spavital". 247sports.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Cal Makes Change In Football Leadership" . Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ Rittenberg, Adam (November 28, 2018). "WVU offensive coordinator Jake Spavital to coach Texas State". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ Selbe, Nick (November 27, 2022). "Texas State Fires Football Coach Jake Spavital". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jake Spavital Hired As Offensive Coordinator At Cal". California Golden Bears Athletics. December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jake Spavital Named Baylor Football Offensive Coordinator". Baylor Athletics. November 30, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Broken Arrow Public Schools - Welcome to the Athletic Department". Baschools.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
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