BREAKING: NC State OC Tim Beck emerges in Coastal Carolina vacancy
Following Liberty’s reported hire of Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell, The Wolfpacker is hearing that NC State offensive coordinator Tim Beck is emerging as the main candidate, and the coaching search could already be a done deal. Beck just wrapped up his third regular season season as Wolfpack offensive coordinator.
As of Sunday morning, it looks like the Wolfpack assistant coach is primed to take his first collegiate head coaching position. Football Scoop and ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg and Pete Thamel have also reported that Beck has emerged as the main candidate in this coaching search. Football Scoop also reported that NC State offensive quality control coach Kriss Proctor could follow Beck to Coastal.
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The Wolfpacker heard Sunday morning that meetings may already be underway between Beck and the Coastal Carolina athletic department.
NC State went 35-11 during his time calling plays, and Beck was instrumental in the development of All-ACC preseason player of the year Devin Leary and several other Wolfpack quarterbacks. During the 2021 season, he was Leary’s play caller and position coach as he racked up 3,433 passing yards and 35 touchdowns with only 5 interceptions.
He also recruited current true freshman standout signal-caller MJ Morris, who played in 4 games this season and threw for 648 yards, 7 touchdowns and 1 interceptions, starting for the Pack in a win over a ranked Wake Forest team.
Beck and the rest of the NC State coaching staff faced a tough task this year, coaching the Wolfpack offense with 4 different starting quarterbacks. Despite the constant changes under center due to injury, the Pack finished with the No. 9 scoring offense in the ACC at 25.3 points-per-game. NC State finished the regular season No. 12 in the conference in rushing offense and No. 9 in passing.
These rumors heated up fast, with Thamel first sharing that Beck could be the next Coastal Carolina head coach on ESPN’s College GameDay Saturday morning.
“If Chadwell does leave Coastal Carolina, Coastal officials are ready. They’ve been preparing for Chadwell to go the last few years, he’s been one of the hottest coaches,” elaborated Thamel. “The name to look at, one of the top names that Coastal could target is NC State offensive coordinator Tim Beck.
“Expect Coastal to have a Chadwell replacement, if Chadwell leaves, by the end of the weekend.”
Coastal Carolina is coming off a Sun Belt loss to Troy Saturday and stands 9-3 following Sunday’s news of Chadwell’s departure. Liberty gave the former Chanticleers a 7-year deal with a more than $4 million per year in salary.
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