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College football head coach, former SEC assistant, will reportedly not return in 2023
By Sydney Hunte
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Texas State will part ways with Jake Spavital after 4 seasons, per a report from FootballScoop.com.
Spavital was hired as the head coach of the Bobcats prior to the 2019 season after 2 years as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at West Virginia. However, he struggled to a 13-35 overall record, including a 9-23 mark in the Sun Belt.
Prior to his stint at West Virginia — his 2nd after serving as the Mountaineers’ quarterbacks coach in 2011 and 2012 — he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cal in 2016. That followed 3 seasons on the Texas A&M sideline in the same position, with his first season (2013) as co-OC before becoming the program’s sole OC a season later.
Spavital also served as a quality control coach at Tulsa and was a graduate assistant at both Houston and Oklahoma State before his first spell at West Virginia.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
