Coaches
Jeff Hecklinski
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jeff Hecklinski
Played at Illinois 1994, Western Illinois 1995-1997
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Benedictine (unknown) | Position | QB/WR | not known |
| 1999-2000 | Fort Scott C.C. (unknown) | OC | OC | not known |
| 2001-2002 | Central Missouri (unknown) | OC | OC | not known |
| 2003 | Arizona | Position | QB/PGC | John Mackovic |
| 2004-2008 | Ball State | Position | WR | Brady Hoke |
| 2009-2010 | San Diego State | Position | AHC/RB | Brady Hoke |
| 2011-2014 | Michigan | Position | WR | Brady Hoke |
| 2015 | CSU Pueblo | Position | QB/PGC | not known |
| 2016 | Illinois | ST coord. | TE/ST | Lovie Smith |
| 2017-2018 | Indiana State | OC | OC/QB/RC | not known |
| 2019 | Kansas | Position | TE | Les Miles |
| 2020-2022 | San Diego State | OC | OC/QB✓ | Brady Hoke |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | San Diego State | Offensive coordinator | 109 | 92 | 108 | 115 | 127 |
| 2021 | San Diego State | Offensive coordinator | 99 | 85 | 103 | 109 | 130 |
| 2022 | San Diego State | Offensive coordinator | 97 | 103 | 121 | 99 | 131 |
Worked under
- John Mackovic · Arizona 2003 (Other, Position)
- Brady Hoke · Ball State 2004-2008 (Position)
- Brady Hoke · San Diego State 2009-2022 (OC, Other, Position)
- Brady Hoke · Michigan 2011-2014 (Position)
- Lovie Smith · Illinois 2016 (Position, ST coord.)
- Les Miles · Kansas 2019 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Willie Fritz*+ · Central Missouri 2001-2002 · him OC, them Head coach
- Mike Hankwitz · Arizona 2003 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Brady Hoke · Ball State 2004-2008 · him Position, them Head coach
- Eddie Faulkner · Ball State 2004-2008 · him Position, them GA, OC, Position, ST coord.
- Landon Fox · Ball State 2004 · him Position, them GA
- Trenton Boykin · Ball State 2004 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Stan Parrish · Ball State 2005-2008 · him Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Mark Smith · Ball State 2006-2008 · him Position, them DC
- Al Borges · San Diego State 2009-2010 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Brady Hoke · San Diego State 2009-2022 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Rocky Long · San Diego State 2009-2010 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Tony White · San Diego State 2009-2010 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Christian Taylor · San Diego State 2010 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Al Borges · Michigan 2011-2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Brady Hoke · Michigan 2011-2014 · him Position, them Head coach
- Christian Taylor · Michigan 2011 · him Position, them Analyst
- Curt Mallory · Michigan 2011-2014 · him Position, them Position
- Greg Mattison · Michigan 2011-2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Kurt Mattix · Michigan 2011-2014 · him Position, them Analyst
- Doug Nussmeier · Michigan 2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Howard Feggins · CSU Pueblo 2015 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Garrick McGee · Illinois 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Hardy Nickerson · Illinois 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Lovie Smith · Illinois 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Nathan Scheelhaase · Illinois 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Analyst
- Tim McGarigle · Illinois 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Curt Mallory · Indiana State 2017-2018 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Brent Dearmon · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Clint Bowen · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Position
- D. J. Eliot · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them DC
- Kim Dameron · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Analyst
- Les Koenning · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them OC
- Les Miles · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mike Ekeler · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Travis Partridge · Kansas 2019 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jeff Horton · San Diego State 2020-2022 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kevin Wolthausen · San Diego State 2020-2022 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Kurt Mattix · San Diego State 2020-2022 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Linehan · San Diego State 2020 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Justin Ena · San Diego State 2022 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Ryan Lindley · San Diego State 2022 · him OC, Position, them Position
Played together
- George McDonald · Illinois 1994