Brock Spack
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Illinois State |
| Conference | MVFC |
| Record | 62–35 |
| Annual salary | US$300,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 5, 1962 Rockford, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1983 | Purdue |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1985 | Purdue (GA) |
| 1986 | Wabash (AST) |
| 1987–1990 | Eastern Illinois (AST) |
| 1991–1994 | Purdue (DB) |
| 1995–1996 | Wyoming (DC) |
| 1997–2008 | Purdue (DC) |
| 2009–present | Illinois State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 62–35 |
Brock Spack (born January 5, 1962) is the head coach of Illinois State University football. He was appointed to the position in December 2008. Previously, he was the defensive coordinator at Purdue University under Joe Tiller.[1] In his first three seasons with ISU, Spack's team had a winning record (6–5, 6–5 and 7–4).
College career
Spack played Middle Linebacker at Purdue from 1980–1983. Spack graduated from Purdue in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in social studies. He earned a master's degree in physical education from Eastern Illinois in 1990. Spack played linebacker for the Boilermakers from 1980–83, earning first-team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-America honors as a sophomore. He was a three-year starter and currently ranks fifth on the Boilermakers' career tackles list with 384.[2]
Coaching career
After graduation, he was a graduate assistant in football at Purdue for the 1984 & 1985 seasons, where he worked with Joe Tiller (defensive coordinator) and Jim Colletto (offensive coordinator) under head coach Leon Burtnett. When Jim Colletto was hired to replace Fred Akers after the 1990 season, he retained Brock as a defensive coach from 1991–1994. For the 1995 season, Joe Tiller hired Brock Spack as defensive coordinator at Wyoming, where he coached two seasons before following Joe Tiller to Purdue in 1997 and remained defensive coordinator until 2008.
In the 2008 season, Danny Hope was hired to return to Purdue to become head coach in 2009 upon Joe Tiller's retirement. Spack had interviewed for the position, but Hope had the edge with head coaching experience that Spack lacked. Spack coached with Hope during the 2008 season under Tiller and had indicated his intention to stay on Hope's staff, but ultimately, when offered a head coaching position at Illinois State, Spack decided to leave his alma mater starting with the 2009 season.
A native of Rockford, Ill., Spack and his wife, Aimee, a former Purdue cheerleader, have two children, Alicia who played softball for Purdue [3] and Brent, who was a linebacker for Illinois State.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN# | Coaches° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Illinois State | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2010 | Illinois State | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2011 | Illinois State | 7–4 | 5–3 | 3rd | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2012 | Illinois State | 9–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L FCS Quarterfinal | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2013 | Illinois State | 5–6 | 4–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2014 | Illinois State | 13–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L FCS Championship Game | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | Illinois State | 10–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L FCS Quarterfinal | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2016 | Illinois State | 6–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | L FCS First Round | ||||
| Illinois State: | 62–35 (.639) | 41–23 (.641) | |||||||
| Total: | 62–35 (.639) | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Illinois State hires Purdue D-coordinator Spack as coach December 15, 2008, ESPN.com Archived December 24, 2010, at WebCite
- ↑ Brock Spack Profile – Illinois State University Official Athletic Site Archived November 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Alicia Spack Profile
- ↑ Brock Spack Profile – Illinois State University Official Athletic Site Archived November 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.