Jason Eck

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Jason Eck
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Eck in 2025
Current position
Title Head coach
Team New Mexico
Conference MW
Record1–1
Biographical details
Born (1977-08-11) August 11, 1977 (age 48)
La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
1995–1998 Wisconsin
Position(s) Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001 Wisconsin (GA)
2002–2003 Colorado (GA)
2004–2005 Idaho (OL)
2006Idaho (TE/RC)
2007 Winona State (OL/TE)
2008Winona State (co-OC / OL / TE)
2009–2010 Ball State (OL)
2011 Hampton (OL)
2012 Western Illinois (OL/RGC)
2013–2014 Minnesota State (OC/OL)
2015 Montana State (RGC/OL)
2016–2018 South Dakota State (OL)
2019–2021South Dakota State (OC/OL)
2022–2024Idaho
2025–present New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall27–14 (.659)
Tournaments2–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
AFCA Division I FCS Assistant Coach of the Year Award (2019)

Jason Eck (born August 11, 1977) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of New Mexico, a position he has held since December 14, 2024.

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Assistant coach

Eck began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Wisconsin and later Colorado. At Idaho, he was the offensive line coach under Nick Holt (2004, 2005) and the tight ends coach under Dennis Erickson (2006).

Eck spent the majority of his career coaching the offensive line, with stints at Winona State, Ball State, Hampton, Western Illinois, Minnesota State, Montana State, and South Dakota State. At SDSU, he won the AFCA FCS Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2019, his first year as the Jackrabbits' offensive coordinator. [1] [2]

Head coach

Eck was named the 36th head coach in program history at the University of Idaho on December 18, 2021. [3] [4] [5] Idaho had just completed a fifth straight losing season, posting a 4–7 record in 2021. In Eck's first season in 2022, the Vandals were 7–4 in the regular season and made the FCS playoffs.

Eck was named head coach at New Mexico on December 14, 2024. [6]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs STATS#Coaches°
Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference)(2022–2024)
2022 Idaho 7–56–2T–3rdL NCAA Division I First Round 1822
2023 Idaho 9–46–2T–2ndL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal 88
2024 Idaho 10–46–2T–3rdL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal 78
Idaho:26–1318–6
New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West Conference)(2025–present)
2025 New Mexico 1–10–0
New Mexico:1–10–0
Total:27–14

References

  1. ↑ "Eck receives AFCA assistant coach award". Missouri Valley Football Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Former Montana State offensive line coach Jason Eck wins FCS assistant coach of the year award". Montana Sports. November 20, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Eck Named Vandal Football's 36th Head Coach". University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ Wiebe, Stephan (January 6, 2022). "Eck settling in at Idaho". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Idaho hires South Dakota State offensive coordinator Jason Eck as head football coach". KHQ 06. NBC News. December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ "New Mexico agrees to 5-year deal with Idaho's Jason Eck". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
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