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tim
beck
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks l Fourth Season Central Florida (1988) Tim Beck is in his fourth season at Nebraska and his first as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Beck spent his first three seasons on staff tutoring the running backs. Beck has produced impressive results in his first year as an offensive coordinator. Nebraska is averaging more than 30 points per game, and the Huskers have scored at least two touchdowns in every game this season, a feat NU has accomplished only twice in the past 10 seasons. Nebraska’s rushing attack has flourished under Beck’s direction, averaging 223.9 yards per game to rank 13th nationally. Nebraska is also on pace to average 200 yards rushing for only the second time in the past eight seasons. Individually, All-Big Ten back Rex Burkhead tied a school record by scoring a touchdown in 10 consecutive games this season. His 17 touchdowns rank 11th nationally, seventh in NU history and are the most by a Husker since Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch scored 19 touchdowns in 2001. Burkhead also ranks 21st nationally in rushing (105.7 ypg) and has posted the highest rushing total by a Husker I-back since 2001. He needs only 32 yards rushing in the bowl game to move into 10th place on Nebraska’s single-season rushing chart and produce the most rushing yards by a Husker I-back since 1997. Taylor Martinez has added 837 yards on the ground, the ninth-highest total by a quarterback in school history. The Huskers also boast an efficient passing attack under Beck. Martinez is completing 56 percent of his passes and has thrown for 1,973 yards, the 10th highest total in school history. Beck has put Martinez in a position to succeed through the air, as the sophomore has thrown only one interception in his last 26 quarters, a streak that totals 152 pass attempts, including 116 consecutive attempts without a pick. Martinez has also already posted the top total offense season (2,810) by a Husker sophomore and the third-best overall mark in school history. In Beck’s first sesason calling plays, Nebraska is set to have a player crack the Huskers’ all-time top-10 chart in rushing yards, passing yards, total offense and touchdowns. As Nebraska’s running backs coach in 2010, Beck helped the Huskers’ 2010 rushing attack rank first in the Big 12 and ninth nationally in 2010 at 247.6 yards per game. Nebraska topped the 200-yard mark 10 times, rushed for 300 yards four times and 400 yards once. The Huskers ranked seventh nationally with an average of 5.47 yards per carry, and Nebraska also posted its first 2,500-yard rushing season since 2003 and scored 30 rushing touchdowns for the first time since 2001. NU posted back-to-back 300-yard rushing games against Idaho and Washington, a first for the program since 2002. The Huskers had three 100-yard rushers for only the fifth time in school history against the Huskies. Two weeks later at Kansas State, Nebraska ran for 451 yards, its highest total since 2001. Two-time All-Big 12 selection Roy Helu Jr. ran for a career-high 1,245 yards - the second-highest total by a senior running back in NU history - before being selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Helu Jr. was the first Husker to post back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons since Calvin Jones in 1992 and 1993. He also set the all-time Nebraska rushing record with 307 yards against Missouri. Behind Helu Jr., Burkhead earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades and rushed for 951 yards in 2010, including three 100-yard games. In 2009, Nebraska averaged 147.1 rushing yards per game, and outrushed 11 of 14 opponents. Helu Jr. rushed for 1,147 yards, and ranked fourth in the Big 12 in rushing to earn second-team All-Big 12 honors. In Beck’s first year, NU’s running game improved throughout 2008. Nebraska had five games with more than 200 rushing yards in league play, including a season-high 355 yards against Kansas State. In league games, NU ranked No. 3 in the Big 12 at 182.5 yards per game, tops in the North division. Beck came to Nebraska after a three-year stint on the staff at Kansas. Beck was the Jayhawks’ receivers coach each of his three seasons in Lawrence, and was promoted to pass game coordinator in February of 2007. The Kansas passing game flourished under Beck’s leadership. In 2007, Kansas finished with a 12-1 record and a No. 7 final national ranking. Kansas capped its season with a 24-21 victory over Virginia Tech in the Fed Ex Orange Bowl. KU finished the year second nationally in scoring offense (42.8 ppg), eighth in total
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offense (479.8 ypg) and 17th in passing offense (291.0 ypg). In 2006, five Jayhawk receivers caught at least 24 passes. In 2005, Beck’s receivers helped Kansas to a 7-5 record and a victory in the Fort Worth Bowl. Beck came to KU as one of the most respected high school coaches in the state of Texas, serving three seasons at Summit High in Mansfield. He was the 2003 District Coach of the Year, and a year later, Summit High advanced to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs with a 9-4 record. The Jaguars finished the season with the top-ranked defense in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. Beck was head coach at R.L. Turner High in Carrollton, Texas, from 1999 to 2001, leading the school to back-to-back playoff appearances and consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 25 years. Beck was named the district coach of the year in 2000. Prior to coaching in the Texas high school ranks, Beck worked at Missouri State for three seasons from 1996 to 1998, including one season as the offensive coordinator. In 1998, the MSU offense racked up 4,542 total yards - the fourthbest single-season mark in school history. Beck was hired at Missouri State after leading Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., to the 1995 4A state championship – the first state championship in the school’s history. Beck was named the regional coach of the year in 1994, and in his final two seasons at the school, Saguaro compiled a 23-4 record, compared to a 5-43 mark in the five seasons prior to his arrival. The 45-year-old Beck served as a graduate assistant at Kansas State in 1991 and 1992 under Bill Snyder, where worked with Carl Pelini. Previously, Beck coached the outside linebackers and punters at Illinois State in 1990, and worked in 1988 and 1989 as an assistant coach at Miramar High School. Beck is a native of Youngstown, Ohio, and graduated from Cardinal Mooney High, the same high school that Bo and Carl Pelini attended. Beck was a standout in football, basketball and baseball at Cardinal Mooney.
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