Brock Spack

Brock Spack

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Illinois State
Conference	MVFC
Record	89–60
Annual salary	US$300,000
Biographical details
Born	(1962-01-05) January 5, 1962 Rockford, Illinois
Alma mater	Purdue University (bachelors) Eastern Illinois University (masters)
Playing career
1980–1983	Purdue
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985	Purdue (GA)
1986	Wabash (AST)
1987–1990	Eastern Illinois (AST)
1991–1994	Purdue (DB)
1995–1996	Wyoming (DC)
1997–2008	Purdue (DC)
2009–present	Illinois State
Head coaching record
Overall	89–60
Tournaments	7–5 (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.

College career

Spack played Middle Linebacker at Purdue from 1980–1983. Spack graduated from Purdue in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in social studies. He earned a master's degree in physical education from Eastern Illinois in 1990. Spack played linebacker for the Boilermakers from 1980–83, 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.

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. Spack heads into the final week of the 2021 season with 89 wins.

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

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN#	Coaches°
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2009–present)
2009	Illinois State	6–5	5–3	T–3rd
2010	Illinois State	6–5	4–4	T–3rd
2011	Illinois State	7–4	5–3	3rd		18	17
2012	Illinois State	9–4	5–3	T–3rd	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	8	9
2013	Illinois State	5–6	4–4	6th
2014	Illinois State	13–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Championship Game	2	2
2015	Illinois State	10–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	6	6
2016	Illinois State	6–6	4–4	T–4th	L NCAA Division I First Round
2017	Illinois State	6–5	4–4	T–5th
2018	Illinois State	6–5	3–5	T–6th
2019	Illinois State	10–5	5–3	T–3rd	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	7	7
2020–21	Illinois State	1–3	1–3	T–7th
2021	Illinois State	4–7	2–6	T–9th
Illinois State:		89–60	56–44
Total:		89–60
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Illinois State profile