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Tom Beck
American football player and coach

Tom Beck

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American football player and coach
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Place of birth
Chicago, USA
Age
84 years
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Biography

Tom Beck (born December 21, 1940) is a former American football player and coach.He served as the head football coach at Illinois Benedictine College—now Benedictine University—from 1970 to 1974, Elmhurst College from 1976 to 1983, and Grand Valley State University from 1985 to 1990.During his college football head coaching career, he compiled a 137–52–1 record, a .724 winning percentage.All three institutions where Beck coached had historically losing teams before he turned them into nationally ranked programs.Beck was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2004.

Beck played football at Northern Illinois University, where he started on offense, defense, and played special teams.He was the last two-way player in the history of Northern Illinois Huskies football.Beck was All-Conference on both offense and defense, an Academic All-American, and was inducted into the Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Fame.He has also been inducted into the athletic hall of fame at Elmhurst College, Benedictine University, and Grand Valley State University as a coach.

Beck served as the offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois University in 1975, at the University of Notre Dame in 1990, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1991.He coached one season in 1984 with the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League (USFL) before the league folded.While head coach at Grand Valley State, Beck gave Brian Kelly his first coaching job as a graduate assistant.Kelly was Beck's successor at Grand Valley State in 1991 and is currently the head coach at Notre Dame.

After his coaching career, Beck spent time as a scout for the National Football League's Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears.After scouting, he was an analyst for nine years for two different web sites, IrishEyes and Irish Today, that covered Notre Dame football.

Personal life

Beck is married to Joyce Beck, and has two daughters, Kelly and Laura, along with two grandchildren, Morgan and Thomas.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
St. Procopius Eagles (Gateway Conference)
1970St. Procopius6–32–13rd
Illinois Benedictine Eagles (Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference)
1971Illinois Benedictine8–2
1972Illinois Benedictine9–2
1973Illinois Benedictine7–3
1974Illinois Benedictine7–2–1
Illinois Benedictine:37–12–1
Elmhurst Bluejays (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin)
1976Elmhurst2–71–78th
1977Elmhurst5–44–4T–4th
1978Elmhurst8–17–1T–1st
1979Elmhurst7–26–2T–2nd
1980Elmhurst7–26–2T–1st
1981Elmhurst8–17–12nd
1982Elmhurst6–35–34th
1983Elmhurst7–26–22nd
Elmhurst:50–2242–22
Grand Valley State Lakers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
1985Grand Valley State6–54–2T–3rd
1986Grand Valley State9–24–12nd
1987Grand Valley State7–44–12nd
1988Grand Valley State7–43–23rd
1989Grand Valley State11–15–01stL NCAA Division II First Round
Grand Valley State Lakers (Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference)
1990Grand Valley State10–29–11stL NCAA Division II First Round
Grand Valley State:50–1829–7
Total:137–52–1
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