Jason Eck

Jason Eck
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Idaho
Conference	Big Sky
Record	24–12 (.667)
Biographical details
Born	August 11, 1977 (age 47); 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)
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–present	Idaho
Head coaching record
Overall	24–12 (.667)
Tournaments	1–2 (FCS 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, currently the head coach at the University of Idaho.

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]

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. They were ranked eighth in the preseason poll of 2023, and advanced to the FCS quarterfinals. His son Jaxton Eck (#6) plays linebacker on the team.


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	STATS^#	Coaches^°
Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (2022–present)
2022	Idaho	7–5	6–2	T–3rd	L FCS First Round	18	22
2023	Idaho	9–4	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Quarterfinal	8	8
2024	Idaho	8–3	5–2	T–3rd		7	8
Idaho:		24–12	17–6
Total:		24–12

^ "Eck receives AFCA assistant coach award". Missouri Valley Football Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Eck Named Vandal Football's 36th Head Coach". University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
^ Wiebe, Stephan (January 6, 2022). "Eck settling in at Idaho". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Idaho hires South Dakota State offensive coordinator Jason Eck as head football coach". KHQ 06. NBC News. December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2022.