Don Eck

Don Eck

Date of birth	November 30, 1961 (1961-11-30) (age 49)
Place of birth	Norwalk, California
Position(s)	Offensive Line Coach
College	University of Utah
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1983 1984 1985–1986 1987–1989 1990 1991 1992–1993 1994–2002 2003 2004–2006 2007 2008 2009–present	University of Utah (Student Assistant) Woods Cross High School (Assistant Coach) University of Utah (Graduate Assistant) University of Utah (Offensive Line Coach) University of Arizona (Graduate Assistant) James Madison University (Offensive Line Coach) James Madison University (Assistant Head Coach) University of Utah (Offensive Line Coach) Scottish Claymores (Offensive Line Coach) Berlin Thunder (Offensive Coordinator) Rhein Fire (Offensive Coordinator) Weber State University (Offensive Line Coach) Las Vegas Locomotives (Offensive Line Coach)

Donald Eck (born November 30, 1961 in Norwalk, California) is an American football coach. He is currently the offensive line coach for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.^[1]

Playing career

Eck was a star center for Utah from 1980-82. He was voted Utah’s Most Valuable Lineman all three years. He made the all-WAC second team in both 1981 and ’82. Eck was team captain as a senior in 1982.

Coaching career

Eck began his coaching career as student assistant at Utah in 1983. After a one-year stint as assistant coach at Woods Cross High School (Utah) he returned to his alma mater in 1985, where he served two seasons as a graduate assistant before becoming the offensive line coach (1987–89).

In 1990, Eck coached the centers and guards for Arizona’s Aloha Bowl team. From there, he went to James Madison as offensive line coach. The Dukes’ 1991 team finished 12th in the nation in total offense. He was promoted to assistant head coach/offensive line coach prior to the 1992 season.

Eck’s third coaching stint in Salt Lake City began in 1994, when he was added to Ron McBride’s Utah staff as offensive line coach.

After leaving Utah, Eck spend five seasons in NFL Europe. He was the offensive line coach for the Scottish Claymores (2003) and served as offensive coordinator/offensive line coach for the Berlin Thunder (2004–06) and Rhein Fire (2007).

Eck returned to college football in 2008 as the offensive line coach at Weber State. In January 2009, he was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive coordinator,^[2] but left WSU at the beginning of spring workouts to join the Las Vegas franchise of the United Football League.

References

1. ^ "United Football League Announces Coaching Staffs For Its Franchises". UFL-football.com. 2009-05-19. http://ufl-football.com/press/2009/05/19/united_football_league_announces_coaching_staffs_for_its_franchises. 
2. ^ "Wildcats Add Three New Coaches to the 2009 Football Staff, Announce New Coaching Assignments". WeberStateSports.com. 2009-01-28. http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=99543&SPID=3468&temp_site=NO&DB_OEM_ID=8600&ATCLID=3656043. 

External links

• Las Vegas Locomotives bio
• Scottish Claymores bio

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Name	Eck, Don
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Date of birth	1961-11-30
Place of birth	Norwalk, California
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