Tim Beck

[HuskerPharaoh]

Link to the hire on KETV...

 

http://www.ketv.com/bigredzone/14995732/detail.html

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

Link to the hire on KETV...

 

http://www.ketv.com/bigredzone/14995732/detail.html

I had wondered and that article confirmed that Beck had coached Mike Brown in high school.

[tiredofbs]

According to the Lincoln journal star, Tim Beck is our new running backs coach.

[Huskerballz]

Why would Beck coming in hurt the chances of Lucky coming back ?

 

Well maybe because Lucky would want to spend his last year here being coached by an ACTUAL running backs coach who knows the position;

 

not someone with these credentials:

 

Outside Linebackers Coach - Illinois State

Graduate Assistant - KState

Head Coach - Saguaro High School

OC - Missouri State

Head Coach - RL High School

Head Coach - Mansfield Summit High School

Wide Receivers - Kansas

 

So yeah, this guy has coached at a handful of High schools and worked with receivers and linebackers....doesn't seem to show the experience or knowledge he would have with coaching running backs. And he was the OC at Missouri State (who?) for only 3 years. Lucky was being coached by an ex NFL RB in Randy Jordan, so at least there's knowledge of the position...I just find it weird that we're bringing him in as the RB coach and Lucky might not like it.

[BigWillie]

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What exactly do you think the job of a OC and HC are?

[Husker_Power]

LINCOLN — Realizing Tim Beck was about to go from Kansas assistant to Nebraska assistant, people immediately started asking questions about what looked to be a lateral coaching move within the Big 12.

At Nebraska, running backs coach Tim Beck's most immediate impact could come with recruiting Texas. "All Big 12 schools kind of venture in there," Beck said. "I really think it's something he (Bo Pelini) targeted going in there."

Beck was ready with two reasons:

 

No. 1: The opportunity to work with Husker head coach Bo Pelini.

 

"Knowing him and growing up with him, it's something I'm excited about," Beck said. "We've talked about it ever since he was at Nebraska the first time."

 

No. 2: The chance to be at Nebraska.

 

"The tradition and the excellence . . . how do you not go?" Beck said. "How do you not go and experience the Mecca?"

NU announced Beck as its running backs coach Monday to officially complete Pelini's first staff. Beck had accepted the position last month but wanted it quiet until Kansas played in the Orange Bowl last Thursday.

 

The Jayhawks completed a 12-1 season by beating Virginia Tech 24-21 — and now will be looking for a new receivers coach and passing game coordinator.

 

"I must have got 30 or 40 e-mails from Nebraska fans during the speculation and rumors," Beck said. "Most just said they hope I take the job. Then I had some KU people saying don't leave. It was funny, because I just couldn't say anything to anybody."

 

Beck leaves a Kansas program that reached as high as No. 2 in one of its best seasons ever. Included in that run was a 76-39 rout of Nebraska, which finished just 5-7 and couldn't make one of the 32 bowl games.

 

"It's never easy to leave kids, to leave anybody, and the season we had was a special one," Beck said. "But it was just time. When you get these opportunities and these doors open, you don't ask questions and you just go through them."

 

As with Pelini, Beck is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He also graduated from Cardinal Mooney High the same year as Carl Pelini, Bo's older brother and the Huskers' new defensive coordinator.

 

At NU, his most immediate impact could come with recruiting Texas, something he discussed with Pelini from the start.

 

"All Big 12 schools kind of venture in there," Beck said. "I really think it's something he targeted going in there."

 

Beck recruited the Dallas and Austin areas for Kansas. Before going to KU, he was head coach at Summit High in Mansfield for three years and at Turner High in Carrollton for three.

 

Sandwiched between jobs at Missouri State (1996 to 1998) and as a graduate assistant at Kansas State (1991 and 1992), Beck also was head coach at Saguaro High in Scottsdale, Ariz. With future Husker safety Mike Brown in 1995, the school won the Arizona Class 4-A state championship.

 

"Mike texted me when he found out I was going (to NU) and was all excited," Beck said.

 

Both his head and heart told him to make the permanent jump from high school to college football when Mark Mangino lured him to KU in 2005.

 

"To be honest with you, and I really don't like talking about myself, but I felt like if I was able to accomplish at the collegiate level what I did at the high school level, I would be well off," Beck said. "It was just getting my foot in the door and getting that opportunity."

 

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[Hunter94]

Why would Beck coming in hurt the chances of Lucky coming back ?

 

 

it wouldn't. Lucky's own decision about WHEN to enter the NFL draft will be his most important decision.

[Hunter94]

also, as for Beck (looking at his resume, especially at KU) , if he does a good job at NU for 3-4 years, he may just possibly be positioning himself for a OC title next. being pass game coordinator at KU in 2007 sure didn't hurt his resume. i suspect Watson will help him along while he recruits Texas hard and heavy for some pretty damn good RB's, beginning next year. relax, let's give him a chance to grow with us.

[Huskerballz]

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What exactly do you think the job of a OC and HC are?

 

Perhaps overseeing the position coaches?

[topekahusker]

Hey gang,

 

Sports radio callers to 580wibw.com think NU got a good hire and are going to miss Tim Beck.

 

There was also a discussion that NU has a larger football budget and he probably got a nice raise...that in addition to being Bo's childhood buddy.