If you were painting a picture of what a top up-and-coming college football coaching prospect looks like in 2026, you probably wouldn’t think of somebody like New Mexico Lobos head coach Jason Eck.
Eck is a 49-year-old from Wisconsin who played offensive line for the Badgers in college and then spent nearly two decades coaching offensive line at mostly FCS programs.
In 2022, he got his first chance to be a head coach with the Idaho Vandals, and he hasn’t looked back…