Coaches
Brock Spack
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Brock Spack
Played at Purdue 1980-1983
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-1985 | Purdue | GA | GA | not known |
| 1986 | Wabash (unknown) | Other | assistant ST | not known |
| 1987-1990 | Eastern Illinois | Other | assistant ST | not known |
| 1991-1994 | Purdue | Position | DB | not known |
| 1995-1996 | Wyoming | DC | DC | Joe Tiller |
| 1997-2008 | Purdue (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2005-2008 | Purdue | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Joe Tiller |
| 2009- | Illinois State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 27% wins | - |
| 2010 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 55% wins | - |
| 2011 | Illinois State (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 55% wins | - |
| 2012 | Illinois State (FCS) | 9-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 64% wins | - |
| 2013 | Illinois State (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 75% wins | - |
| 2014 | Illinois State (FCS) | 13-2 | - → - | - | - | - | 46% wins | - |
| 2015 | Illinois State (FCS) | 10-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 87% wins | - |
| 2016 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 77% wins | - |
| 2017 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 50% wins | - |
| 2018 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 55% wins | - |
| 2019 | Illinois State (FCS) | 10-5 | - → - | - | - | - | 55% wins | - |
| 2021 | Illinois State (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 88 | 34 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 109 | 44 | - | 36% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Illinois State (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 15 | 69 | - | 55% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Illinois State (FCS) | 10-4 | - → - | 39 | 70 | - | 55% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Illinois State (FCS) | 12-5 | - → - | 44 | 67 | - | 71% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Illinois State (FCS) | 7-3 | - → - | 45 | 21 | - | 71% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Illinois State | FCS | 1-3 |
Worked under
- Joe Tiller · Wyoming 1995-1996 (DC)
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 2005-2008 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bill Doba · Purdue 1984-1985 · him GA, them Other
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 1984-2008 · him DC, GA, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Dino Babers · Eastern Illinois 1987 · him Other, them Position
- Mike DeBord · Eastern Illinois 1987-1988 · him Other, them Position
- Darrell Hazell · Eastern Illinois 1988 · him Other, them Position
- Dino Babers · Purdue 1991-1993 · him Position, them Head coach
- Randy Fichtner · Purdue 1994 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Chaney · Wyoming 1995-1996 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Joe Tiller · Wyoming 1995-1996 · him DC, them Head coach
- Danny Hope · Wyoming 1996 · him DC, them Position
- Tim Lappano · Wyoming 1996 · him DC, them Position
- Bob DeBesse · Purdue 2005 · him DC, them Position
- Jim Chaney · Purdue 2005 · him DC, them OC
- Mike Jacobs* · Purdue 2005-2007 · him DC, them GA
- Bill Legg · Purdue 2006-2007 · him DC, them OC
- Brian Rock · Purdue 2006-2008 · him DC, them Position
- Ed Zaunbrecher · Purdue 2006-2008 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Joel Thomas · Purdue 2006-2008 · him DC, them Position
- Danny Hope · Purdue 2008 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Illinois State 2009-2010 · him Head coach, them Position
- Luke Huard · Illinois State 2009-2012 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Phil Elmassian · Illinois State 2009-2010 · him Head coach, them DC
- Spence Nowinsky · Illinois State 2009-2017 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Eric Koehler · Illinois State 2013 · him Head coach, them Position
- C. J. Irvin · Illinois State 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford · Illinois State 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Travis Niekamp · Illinois State 2021-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Tony Petersen · Illinois State 2022-2025 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Mickey Turner · Illinois State 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
Played together
- Kevin Sumlin · Purdue 1983