Jake Spavital

Jake Spavital
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1985-05-01) May 1, 1985
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Playing career
2006–2007 Missouri St.
Position(s) Quarterback/Punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008 Tulsa (OQC)
2009 Houston (GA)
2010 Oklahoma St. (GA)
2011–2012 West Virginia (QB)
2013 Texas A&M (Co-OC/QB)
2014–2015 Texas A&M (OC/QB)
2016-Present California (OC/QB)

Jake Spavital (born May 1, 1985) is a college football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the California Golden Bears football team.

College coaching career

Following his playing career at Missouri State, Spavital became a member of the coaching staff at Tulsa in 2008 where he worked as an offensive quality control assistant under Gus Malzahn. Following the 2008 season Spavital became a graduate assistant at Houston. While at Houston, Spavital worked under head coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen. Spavital became familiar with Holgorsen's offense while working at Houston, and when Holgorsen became the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State in 2010 he took Spavital with him and gave him the same position of graduate assistant. Spavital was an essential piece of Holgorsen's coaching staff at Oklahoma State because he was the only person on the staff familiar with the offense that Holgorsen ran. Spavital helped teach the new offense to QB Brandon Weeden, who was nearly two years older than Spavital. That season, Oklahoma State went 11-2 and Weeden was third in the nation in yards per game and total yards as well as sixth in the nation in touchdowns.[1][2]

When Holgorsen became the head coach at West Virginia, before the 2011 season he took Spavital with him and made him the quarterbacks coach. While at West Virginia Spavital coached Geno Smith. Under Spavital's coaching Smith would break numerous West Virginia, NCAA, and bowl records.

When Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury left Texas A&M to become the head coach at Texas Tech, A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin offered Spavital the position.[3] At Texas A&M, Spavital started as the co-offensive coordinator with Clarence McKinney and was the quarterbacks coach. In the 2013 season he coached the reigning Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

On January 3, 2016 Spavital and Texas A&M mutually parted ways.
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On February 11, 2016 Spavital was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the California Golden Bears football team.

Personal

Jake's grandfather, Jim Spavital, was a professional football player who played in the All-America Football Conference, NFL, and the CFL and would later to go on to work as a coach. His father is Steve Spavital who is a former head football coach at Broken Arrow High School.[5] His brother, Zac Spavital, is currently the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football program.

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