Jake Spavital - Football Coach - Texas A&M Athletics

Jake Spavital

Title:
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

• third season at Texas A&M
• eighth season as a coach
• The Spavital File

One of college football’s top young offensive minds, Jake Spavital is in his third season at Texas A&M and his second season as the Aggies’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

In his first full season as the Aggies’ offensive coordinator and play-caller in 2014, Spavital oversaw the quarterback transition from Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel to a pair of first-time starters at quarterback. Despite the inexperience, the Aggies led the SEC in passing yards and passing touchdowns, while falling just shy of 4,000 passing yards (3,971) and 6,000 yards of total offense (5,920). 22975

Spavital served as the Aggies’ co-offensive coordinator for the 2013 regular season before being promoted to offensive coordinator prior to the bowl game. In his debut game as the play-caller, the Aggies gained 541 total yards and rallied from 21 points down to beat Duke in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, 52-48. It was the largest comeback in school history.

Spavital’s influence on the 2013 team was dramatic as the Aggies set a school and Southeastern Conference record with 4,593 passing yards and fell just a yard shy of the 7,000-yard plateau in total yards (No. 2 in A&M and SEC history). The Aggies gained 500 or more yards in 10 of 13 games, including three games of 600-plus yards. The Aggies also broke the school record for completion percentage by connecting on 69.3 percent of their aerial attempts (No. 3 in SEC history).

Prior to Texas A&M, Spavital had served under Kevin Sumlin at Houston, West Virginia’s

Dana Holgorsen, Texas Tech’s Kliff Kingsbury and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn. He has worked with a series of record-setting quarterbacks in A&M’s Johnny Manziel, Houston’s Case Keenum, Oklahoma State’s Brandon Weeden and West Virginia’s Geno Smith.

Spavital served on Sumlin’s coaching staff with Kingsbury at Houston in 2009 as a graduate assistant with the Cougar offense. The 2009 Cougars went 10-4 and led the nation in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense.

At West Virginia, Spavital worked with Smith, who finished his career in 2012 with over 11,000 passing yards and 98 touchdowns while completing 988-of-1,465 passes (67.4 completion percentage). The Mountaineer offense ranked in the top 10 in passing, scoring and total offense and fifth nationally in passing efficiency in 2012. 22977

In his first season at West Virginia, Spavital helped lead the Mountaineers to a 10-3 record and a win over Clemson in the 2012 Orange Bowl. The Mountaineer offense ranked in the top 20 nationally in passing, scoring and total offense and passing efficiency, and Smith earned Orange Bowl MVP honors after accounting for seven touchdowns in the 70-33 victory.

Prior to West Virginia, Spavital was a graduate assistant for the offense at Oklahoma State under Mike Gundy and then-Cowboys offensive coordinator Holgorsen. During his one season in Stillwater, the Cowboys ranked in the top three nationally in passing, scoring and total offense, and led the NCAA FBS in red zone efficiency. Oklahoma State posted an 11-2 record and won the Alamo Bowl.

Spavital began his coaching career at Tulsa as an offensive quality control assistant in 2008. The Golden Hurricane, then coached by Malzahn, led the nation in total offense and posted an 11-3 record with a win in the GMAC Bowl.

As a player, Spavital was a two-year letterwinner as a quarterback and punter for Missouri State. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Missouri State in 2008. A native of Tulsa, Okla., Spavital was a first-team all-state quarterback at Union HIgh School. Spavital and his wife, the former Mehgan Morris, were married in the summer of 2015.

Personal
Born:	May 1, 1985
Hometown:	Tulsa, Okla.
Wife:	Meghan Morris
Education
College:	Missouri State, bachelor’s degree in business administration, 2008
Playing Experience
2006-07	Missouri State (QB/punter)
Coaching Experience
2014-	Texas A&M (offensive coordinator / QB)
*2013	Texas A&M (co-offensive coordinator / QBs)
2011-12	West Virginia (QBs)
2010	Oklahoma State (GA)
2009	Houston (GA)
2008	Tulsa (Off. quality control)
* -- promoted to OC for the bowl game
Postseason Experience
2014	AutoZone Liberty (Texas A&M)
2013	Chick-fil-A Bowl (Texas A&M)
2012	Pinstripe Bowl (West Virginia)
2011	Orange Bowl (West Virginia)
2010	Alamo Bowl (Oklahoma State)
2009	Armed Forces Bowl (Houston)
2008	GMAC Bowl (Tulsa)