Chanticleers turn to NC State OC Beck as coach

10:15 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Coastal Carolina has employed Tim Beck to change the leaving Jamey Chadwell, the

school revealed Sunday.Beck, the offensive planner at NC State, was settling a five-year agreement that will pay him almost$

1 million annually, sources informed ESPN. That agreement will include strong incentives for efficiency, just like Chadwell’s offer had.Beck is a longtime offensive planner and playcaller who has worked as an assistant coach at some of college football’s top programs, consisting of Texas, Ohio State and Nebraska.He replaces Chadwell, who agreed to a seven-year offer to become Liberty’s coach. Chadwell had actually turned Coastal Carolina into among the country’s leading Group of 5

programs, going 31-6 the past three seasons. Beck stated in a statement that he understands what Coastal has achieved and how expectations for success have actually risen the past three seasons.

“I totally embrace the expectations for how we will run this program each and every day,” he said.Sources informed ESPN that the fast timeline to work with Beck comes from Coastal Carolina officials preparing extensively in each of the previous two years to replace Chadwell. By digging in on candidates, school officials did not have to employ a search firm and were able to move swiftly.Beck concerns Coastal Carolina with a strong offending résumé.

He has coached numerous leading quarterbacks in college football, 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 recently, Beck worked with Devin Leary, who was one of the nation’s most productive quarterbacks in 2021, when he threw for 35 goals and 5 interceptions.At Nebraska, Beck was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2012 and 2013.

Coastal Carolina would be Beck’s very first FBS head-coaching task, however he was a high school head coach at 3 schools for nine seasons.Beck, 56, brings some familiarity with Coastal Carolina; his daughter, Haylie, played volley ball at the school.He also is familiar with Joe Moglia, Coastal Carolina’s former coach who now acts as the school’s chair of athletics/executive director for football/executive advisor for the president. Beck was an assistant coach at Nebraska when Moglia left business world and spent 2 years at the school as an off-field assistant to break back into training. “I have actually known Tim considering that my return to coaching 13 years ago at Nebraska. He is an excellent coach and organizer, and has constantly had the best interest of his players, coaches, and

school at heart,”Moglia stated in a declaration. “I take a great deal of pride in what our program has actually accomplished in the last ten years. Tim will do a fantastic task of building on that. “The Associated Press added to this report.