Hartline Names Tim Beck USF Football Offensive Coordinator; Mike Hartline Quarterbacks Coach

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TAMPA, FLA., DEC. 19, 2025 – South Florida Football Head Coach Brian Hartline has announced the additions of veteran play caller and former Coastal Carolina head coach Tim Beck as the Bulls’ offensive coordinator and former Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline as quarterbacks coach.

Beck joins the Bulls after three seasons serving as head coach at Coastal Carolina and brings extensive experience as an offensive coordinator–compiling 12 seasons serving as offensive coordinator at Nebraska (2011-14), Ohio State (2015-16), Texas (2017-19) and North Carolina State (2020-22).

Mike Hartline spent the 2024 season on Beck’s staff at Coastal Carolina and previously worked with him at Ohio State. He served on the staff at Kentucky last season and brings 10 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stops at Ohio State, Cincinnati, Auburn, Charlotte, and Coastal Carolina.

Beck has helped guide teams to 19 postseason bowl appearances, including serving as offensive coordinator during Ohio State’s run to the College Football Playoff in 2016. A three-time nominee for the Broyles Award presented to the nation’s top assistant coach, Beck was also recognized among the top 10 recruiters in the nation by 247Sports in 2020.

“Tim has coordinated outstanding offenses at multiple high-level programs and is an exceptional recruiter and leader of young men,” Brian Hartline said. “I have known Tim for many years and his experience as a coordinator, play caller, and head coach will be a tremendous asset as we build a championship program at South Florida.”

An Ohio native with 37 years of coaching experience–18 at the Power 4 level – Beck began his head coaching tenure at Coastal Carolina in 2023 and led the Chanticleers to bowl game appearances in each of his three seasons. Coastal finished 8–5 in 2023, capped by a victory in the Hawai’i Bowl, and followed with a Myrtle Beach Bowl appearance in 2024 and an Independence Bowl berth in 2025.

As offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at NC State (2020-22), Beck helped lead the Wolfpack to three-consecutive seasons of eight or more wins, three-straight bowl appearances, and a combined record of 25-11. NC State’s offense ranked in the top half of the ACC in scoring, total offense, and passing offense during his tenure. Under Beck’s guidance, quarterback Devin Leary set a program record with 35 touchdown passes in 2021, becoming just the third quarterback in ACC history to post a 3,400-yard, 35-touchdown regular season.

Prior to NC State, Beck served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas (2017–19) and offensive coordinator at Ohio State (2015–16).

His 2019 Texas offense ranked No. 14 in total offense (465.8 ypg), No. 17 in scoring (35.2 ppg), No. 20 in passing (289.3 ypg), No. 12 in red zone (.920) and No. 7 in third down conversions (.489). Quarterback Sam Ehlinger ranked fourth nationally in total offense and was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award and Davey O’Brien Award. He threw for 3,663 yards and 32 touchdowns, ran for 663 yards and seven touchdowns, and totaled 4,326 yards (2nd in school history) and 39 total touchdowns (3rd). The previous year, Ehlinger set a Texas record with 16 rushing touchdowns and posted 41 total touchdowns responsible for (2nd) as he threw for 3,292 yards. On his career, Ehlinger ran for 1,903 yards and 33 touchdowns and passed for 11,436 and 94 TD.

Beck’s Buckeye offenses helped produced back-to-back double-digit win seasons, going 12–1 in 2015 and 11–2 in 2016. His 2016 offense ranked No. 13 in scoring (39.4 ppg), No. 11 in rushing (245.2 ypg) and No. 17 in third down conversions (.467). The Buckeyes also ranked 11th in rushing in 2015. Quarterback J.T. Barrett set a school record with 100 touchdowns responsible for on his career and in 2016 was named the Big Ten MVP as he posted 3,400 total yards (2,555 passing/845 rushing) and 33 touchdowns.

Beck also led Nebraska’s offense from 2011–14, during which time the Cornhuskers ranked among the Big Ten’s most productive units. Over those four seasons, Nebraska averaged 33.5 points per game, eclipsed 10,000 passing yards with 86 touchdowns, and broke more than 50 individual school records. Quarterback Taylor Martinez set more than 40 school records and was named First Team All-Big Ten in 2012. 

Beck and his wife, Tamara, have two children, Jordan and Haylie Marie.

Hartline, a three-year starting quarterback at Kentucky, passed for 5,680 yards and 38 touchdowns during his playing career. He joins South Florida after serving the 2025 season as an offensive analyst at his alma mater.

Following a two-year NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts (2011) and New England Patriots (2012), Hartline entered the coaching ranks at Ohio State (2015–16), where he worked with quarterbacks Cardale Jones, J.T. Barrett, Joe Burrow, and Dwayne Haskins as the Buckeyes posted a 24–3 record.

“Mike has played the quarterback position at a very high level and has coached several outstanding quarterbacks across seven stops in his 10-year coaching career,” Brian Hartline said. “He brings a deep familiarity with the offense Coach Beck and I want to run and will be exceptional in developing our players to excel in it.”

He served as an offensive analyst for a Cincinnati team that went 11-2 in 2018 before becoming offensive coordinator at Division II Ohio Dominican (2019-21) for three seasons. He went on to serve on the staff at Auburn (2022) and was pass game coordinator/wide receivers coach at Charlotte (2023) before joining the staff at Coastal Carolina.

He and his wife, Jennifer, have one son, Colton.

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