Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman went 33–41 as a head coach, 2009–2014, at Toledo and Illinois. Share
- Record
- 33–41 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2011 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Toledo | 5–7 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2010 | Toledo | 8–5 | 2nd (West) | Little Caesars Bowl L | ||
| 2011 | Toledo | 8–4 | T–1st (West) | Military (not coached) | ||
| 2012 | Illinois | 2–10 | 6th (Leaders) | |||
| 2013 | Illinois | 4–8 | 5th (Leaders) | |||
| 2014 | Illinois | 6–7 | 5th (West) | Heart of Dallas Bowl L |
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.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 0–11 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 19 | 6–13 | 32% |
| Conference games | 48 | 21–27 | 44% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 12–9 | 57% |
| At home | 39 | 21–18 | 54% |
| On the road | 32 | 12–20 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 26 | 19–7 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 48 | 14–34 | 29% |
His own 74 games on file, 2009–2014, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cubit 2009–2012 | 3–1 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Jerry Kill 2009–2014 | 2–2 | Northern Illinois, Minnesota | 4 | |
| Ron English 2009–2011 | 3–0 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | |
| Dave Clawson 2009–2011 | 2–1 | Bowling Green | 3 | |
| Danny Hope 2009–2012 | 1–2 | Purdue | 3 | |
| Pat Fitzgerald 2012–2014 | 1–2 | Northwestern | 3 | |
| Chris Petersen 2010–2014 | 0–3 | Boise State, Washington | 3 | |
| Urban Meyer 2012–2014 | 0–3 | Ohio State | 3 |
Tim Beckman’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdueseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Western Michiganseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Ball Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Miami (OH)series | 3 | 2–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Auburn | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990–95 | Western Carolina | Defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1996–97 | Elon | Defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1998–2004 | Bowling Green | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2005–06 | Ohio State | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2007–08 | Oklahoma State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2009–11 | Toledo | Head coach | |
| 2012–14 | Illinois | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pat DyeAuburn
- Al SeagravesElon
- Gary BlackneyBowling Green
- Urban MeyerBowling Green
- Gregg BrandonBowling Green
- Jim TresselOhio State
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Alex GoleshSouth Florida, Auburn
- Jason CandleToledo, UConn
- Matt CampbellToledo, Iowa State, Penn State
- Scott SatterfieldApp State, Louisville, Cincinnati
- Billy GonzalesFlorida
- A. J. RickerSaint Joseph’s (IN)
- Bill CubitWestern Michigan, Illinois, Widener
- Greg ColbyMillersville
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dye | Auburn | 1988–89 | Graduate assistant | |
| Al Seagraves | Elon | 1996–97 | Defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator | |
| Gary Blackney | Bowling Green | 1998–2000 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Urban Meyer | Bowling Green | 2001–02 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Gregg Brandon | Bowling Green | 2003–04 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 2005–06 | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 2007–08 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Golesh | Toledo, 2009: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator; 2010–11: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator; Illinois, 2012–13: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator; 2014: tight ends and halfbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | South Florida, Auburn | |
| Jason Candle | Toledo, 2009: SR and tight ends coach; 2010–11: wide receivers coach | Toledo, UConn | |
| Matt Campbell | Toledo, 2009: running game coordinator and offensive line coach; 2010–11: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | Toledo, Iowa State, Penn State | |
| Scott Satterfield | Toledo, 2009: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | App State, Louisville, Cincinnati | |
| Billy Gonzales | Illinois, 2012: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Florida | |
| A. J. Ricker | Illinois, 2013: offensive line coach | Saint Joseph’s (IN) | |
| Bill Cubit | Illinois, 2013–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Western Michigan, Illinois, Widener | |
| Greg Colby | Illinois, 2013–14: defensive line coach | Millersville |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Clinkscale | Toledo, 2009–11: cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator; Illinois, 2012: cornerbacks coach | |
| Tom Manning | Toledo, 2009: graduate assistant; 2010: director of football operations | |
| Scott Isphording | Toledo, 2010–11: quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Ward, Paul Nichols | Toledo, 2011: defensive coordinator | |
| Chris Beatty | Illinois, 2012: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Tim Banks | Illinois, 2012–14: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Illinois | head coachbonuses up to $80,000 | $1,950,250 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Illinois | head coachbonuses up to $80,000 | $1,700,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | Illinois | head coachbonuses up to $80,000 | $1,600,000 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Beckman’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 27% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 52% of plays and took 23.4 seconds a play, 2009–2014.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 12 g | Toledo | 20 of 89 22% | 31% | 54% | 21.6 | +0.07 | |
| 2010 13 g | Toledo | 19 of 104 18% | 32% | 45% | 24.1 | −0.05 | |
| 2012 12 g | Illinois | 15 of 100 15% | 28% | 49% | 25.0 | −0.17 | |
| 2013 12 g | Illinois | 15 of 81 19% | 27% | 54% | 22.2 | +0.14 | |
| 2014 13 g | Illinois | 13 of 107 12% | 18% | 57% | 24.0 | −0.05 | |
| All 62 g | 82 of 481 17% | 27% | 52% | 23.4 | −0.01 |
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.