Jason Michael Beck (born April 1, 1980) is an American college football coach and former player, currently the offensive coordinator at the University of Michigan. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at Syracuse University, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Utah.
Beck was born in Oxnard, California, to John and Mary Beck. He attended Hueneme High School. Beck served a two-year mission in Denver for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1999 to 2001, prior to his collegiate career.
Beck spent his freshman season at Ventura College and then moved to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, where he led the Canyon Cougars to an 11-1 season and Western State Conference title as a sophomore. He was a unanimous first-team All-Conference pick, throwing for 2,052 yards while completing 77.5% of his passes. He also added 430 rushing yards. He was also named to the Junior college Academic All-American list.
After transferring to BYU, Beck served as the backup to All-American quarterback John Beck (no relation) from 2004 to 2006. In his lone start in a 38âÂÂ0 victory over Utah State his senior season, Beck totaled 553 passing yards and 28 rushing yards, including 305 yards on 20-of-28 passing.
Beck earned bachelor's and master's degrees in communications from BYU in 2006 and 2011.
Beck has coached three quarterbacks who have gone on to have careers in the National Football League (NFL): Taysom Hill, Kurt Benkert, and Bryce Perkins.
Beck began coaching as an offensive intern at BYU in 2007, and then worked in the same position with the LSU Tigers in 2008. He worked under former BYU head coach, Gary Crowton, the offensive coordinator (OC) for Les Miles that season.
In 2009, he was hired by head coach Ron McBride as quarterbacks coach at Weber State. He coached quarterback Cameron Higgins, who completed his four-year standout career as one of the top players in Weber State history and set school records.
In 2012, Beck was named the OC at Simon Fraser (SFU) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. At SFU, he turned around the offense, going from being ranked last in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2011, to ranked first in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense in 2012.
In 2013, he returned to his alma mater as quarterbacks coach until his resignation on December 9, 2015. He was hired by offensive coordinator Robert Anae.
Beck accepted the quarterbacks coach position at the University of Virginia in 2016. Going from BYU with OC Robert Anae and head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Beck left this position after the 2021 season when Mendenhall announced his retirement.
Beck was hired as Syracuse's quarterbacks coach on December 26, 2021. In December 2022, Anae left for the same position at NC State, and Beck was promoted to OC by head coach Dino Babers. In his only season as the OC at Syracuse, they went 6-7.
In December 2023, Beck was named the OC at New Mexico, joining head coach Bronco Mendenhall. This was the third time Beck had worked with him, following from BYU and Virginia.
On December 5, 2024, Beck was hired as the offensive coordinator at Utah by Kyle Whittingham. In his only season at Utah, the Utes ranked fifth nationally scoring 41.1 points per game, and second nationally averaging 270 rushing yards per game. Utah finished the season with an 11-2 record.
In January 2026, Beck was hired as the offensive coordinator by the University of Michigan. He followed Whittingham, who was hired as the head coach of the Wolverines. Beck was named as the top defensive or offensive coordinator hire of the 2026 cycle by CBS Sports.
Beck married Jaime Rendich, an All-American BYU soccer standout, in December 2005. They are the parents of a daughter and twin sons.