Jake Spavital
Jake Spavital went 13–35 as a head coach, 2019–2022, at Texas State. Share
- Record
- 13–35 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 1, 1985
- Best season
- 2021 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Texas State | 3–9 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2020 | Texas State | 2–10 | T–3rd (West) | |||
| 2021 | Texas State | 4–8 | 2nd (West) | |||
| 2022 | Texas State | 4–8 | 6th (West) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 32 | 9–23 | 28% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 8–11 | 42% |
| At home | 24 | 10–14 | 42% |
| On the road | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 9–32 | 22% |
His own 48 games on file, 2019–2022, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Napier 2019–2021 | 0–3 | Louisiana | 3 | |
| Chip Lindsey 2019–2021 | 0–3 | Troy | 3 | |
| Jamey Chadwell 2019–2021 | 0–3 | Coastal Carolina | 3 |
Jake Spavital’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| South Alabamaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| UL Monroeseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Louisianaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Troyseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| App Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tulsa | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2009 | Houston | Graduate assistant | |
| 2010 | Oklahoma State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2011–12 | West Virginia | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013 | Texas A&M | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014–15 | Texas A&M | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016 | California | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017–18 | West Virginia | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–22 | Texas State | Head coach | |
| 2023 | California | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2024–present | Baylor | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Todd GrahamTulsa
- Kevin SumlinHouston, Texas A&M
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Dana HolgorsenWest Virginia
- Sonny DykesCalifornia
- Justin WilcoxCalifornia
- Dave ArandaBaylor
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob StittColorado School of Mines, Montana
- Tremaine JacksonColorado Mesa, Valdosta State, Prairie View A&M
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Graham | Tulsa | 2008 | Offensive quality control coach | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Houston | 2009 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 2010 | Graduate assistant | |
| Dana Holgorsen | West Virginia | 2011–18 | 2011–12: quarterbacks coach; 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Texas A&M | 2013–15 | 2013: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2014–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Sonny Dykes | California | 2016 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Justin Wilcox | California | 2023 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dave Aranda | Baylor | 2024–26 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stitt | Texas State, 2019: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Colorado School of Mines, Montana | |
| Tremaine Jackson | Texas State, 2019: defensive line coach | Colorado Mesa, Valdosta State, Prairie View A&M |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Zac Spavital | Texas State, 2019–22: defensive coordinator | |
| Jacob Peeler | Texas State, 2020–21: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $110,000 | $451,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | California | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $50,000 | $385,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Texas A&M | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $95,000 | $486,110 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Texas A&M | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $95,000 | $483,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Spavital’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 24.6 seconds a play, 2019–2022.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 11 g | 12 of 89 13% | 18% | 64% | 24.8 | −0.14 | |
| 2020 12 g | 26 of 94 28% | 37% | 56% | 23.8 | +0.03 | |
| 2021 11 g | 22 of 103 21% | 43% | 51% | 23.8 | +0.02 | |
| 2022 11 g | 19 of 101 19% | 36% | 55% | 26.0 | −0.08 | |
| All 45 g | 79 of 387 20% | 33% | 56% | 24.6 | −0.04 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.