Brock Spack
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIllinois State
ConferenceMVFC
Record101–70
Annual salaryUS$300,000
Biographical details
Born (1962-01-05) January 5, 1962
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materPurdue University (bachelors) Eastern Illinois University (masters)
Playing career
1980–1983Purdue
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985Purdue (GA)
1986Wabash (AST)
1987–1990Eastern Illinois (AST)
1991–1994Purdue (DB)
1995–1996Wyoming (DC)
1997–2008Purdue (DC)
2009–presentIllinois State
Head coaching record
Overall101–70
Tournaments7–5 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MVFC (2014–2015)

Brock D. Spack (born January 5, 1962) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Illinois State University, position he has held since December 2008. Previously, he was the defensive coordinator at Purdue University under Joe Tiller.[1]

College career

Spack played linebacker at Purdue from 1980 to 1983, earning first-team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-America honors as a sophomore. He was a three-year starter and currently ranks fifth on the Boilermakers' career tackles list with 384.[2] He graduated from Purdue in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in social studies and earned a master's degree in physical education from Eastern Illinois University in 1990.

Coaching career

After graduation, he was a graduate assistant in football at Purdue for the 1984 & 1985 seasons, where he worked with Joe Tiller (defensive coordinator) and Jim Colletto (offensive coordinator) under head coach Leon Burtnett. When Jim Colletto was hired to replace Fred Akers after the 1990 season, he retained Brock as a defensive coach from 1991–1994. For the 1995 season, Joe Tiller hired Brock Spack as defensive coordinator at Wyoming, where he coached two seasons before following Joe Tiller to Purdue in 1997 and remained defensive coordinator until 2008.

In the 2008 season, Danny Hope was hired to return to Purdue to become head coach in 2009 upon Joe Tiller's retirement. Spack had interviewed for the position, but Hope had the edge with head coaching experience that Spack lacked. Spack coached with Hope during the 2008 season under Tiller and had indicated his intention to stay on Hope's staff, but ultimately, when offered a head coaching position at Illinois State, Spack decided to leave his alma mater starting with the 2009 season.

During the 2021 season, Spack became the winningest coach in Illinois State history; passing Edwin Struck's mark of 86 wins. During the 2023 season, Spack reached the 100-win plateau with the Redbirds win over Missouri State on November 4th.

Personal life

A native of Rockford, Illinois, Spack and his wife, Aimee, a former Purdue cheerleader, have two children, Alicia who played softball for Purdue [3] and Brent, who was a linebacker for Illinois State.[4]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs TSN# Coaches°
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Illinois State 6–55–3T–3rd
2010 Illinois State 6–54–4T–3rd
2011 Illinois State 7–45–33rd1817
2012 Illinois State 9–45–3T–3rdL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal89
2013 Illinois State 5–64–46th
2014 Illinois State 13–27–1T–1stL NCAA Division I Championship Game22
2015 Illinois State 10–37–1T–1stL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal66
2016 Illinois State 6–64–4T–4thL NCAA Division I First Round
2017 Illinois State 6–54–4T–5th
2018 Illinois State 6–53–5T–6th
2019 Illinois State 10–55–3T–3rdL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal77
2020–21 Illinois State 1–31–3T–7th
2021 Illinois State 4–72–6T–9th
2022 Illinois State 6–54–4T–6th
2023 Illinois State 6–54–4T–7th
Illinois State: 101–7064–52
Total:101–70
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ Illinois State hires Purdue D-coordinator Spack as coach December 15, 2008, ESPN.com Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Brock Spack". PurdueSports.com. Purdue University. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Alicia Spack Profile
  4. ↑ Brock Spack Profile – Illinois State University Official Athletic Site Archived November 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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