1. Jacob Stephen Spavital was born on May 1,1985 and is an American college football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Baylor Bears.
14 Facts About Jake Spavital
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Jake Spavital previously served as the offensive coordinator at Cal Golden Bears in 2023.
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Jake Spavital became familiar with Holgorsen's offense while working at Houston, and when Holgorsen became the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State in 2010 he took Jake Spavital with him and gave him the same position of graduate assistant.
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Jake Spavital was an essential piece of Holgorsen's coaching staff at Oklahoma State because he was the only person on the staff familiar with the offense that Holgorsen ran.
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Jake Spavital helped teach the new offense to QB Brandon Weeden, who was nearly two years older than Jake Spavital.
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Under Jake Spavital's coaching Smith would break numerous WVU, NCAA, and bowl records.
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On February 11,2016 Jake Spavital was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the California Golden Bears football team.
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On January 8,2017, following the firing of head coach Sonny Dykes, it was announced that Jake Spavital would serve as interim head coach at Cal.
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On January 13,2017, it was announced that Jake Spavital would be returning to West Virginia as offensive coordinator, rejoining Holgorsen and offensive line coach Joe Wickline, who he coached with while with Holgorsen at Oklahoma State.
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On November 28,2018, Jake Spavital was named the head coach at Texas State, taking over for Everett Withers.
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On December 6,2022, Jake Spavital was rehired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at California, now under head coach Justin Wilcox.
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On November 30,2023, Jake Spavital was named offensive coordinator at Baylor, under head coach Dave Aranda.
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Jake Spavital's grandfather, Jim Jake Spavital, was a professional football player who played in the All-America Football Conference, National Football League, and the Canadian Football League and later worked as a coach.
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Jake Spavital's father is Steve Spavital, who is a former head football coach at Broken Arrow High School.