![]() Eck in 2025 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | New Mexico |
Conference | MW |
Record | 0–0 |
Biographical details | |
Born | La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. | August 11, 1977
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) |
2006 | Idaho (TE/RC) |
2007 | Winona State (OL/TE) |
2008 | Winona 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) |
2019–2021 | South Dakota State (OC/OL) |
2022–2024 | Idaho |
2025–present | New Mexico |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–13 (.667) |
Tournaments | 2–3 (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.
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]
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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | Coaches° | ||
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Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference)(2022–2024) | |||||||||
2022 | Idaho | 7–5 | 6–2 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I First Round | 18 | 22 | ||
2023 | Idaho | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 8 | 8 | ||
2024 | Idaho | 10–4 | 6–2 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 7 | 8 | ||
Idaho: | 26–13 | 18–6 | |||||||
New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
2025 | New Mexico | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
New Mexico: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
Total: | 26–13 |