The Oregon State football coaching search is underway, and several names have been floated as potential candidates for the job. It is early in the process as the coaching carousel continues to spin across college football.

As the search rolls on, barring a major announcement or change in the search dynamics, The Oregonian/OregonLive will examine some of the potential candidates for OSU’s next head coach.

We continue with one of the ascendant names on the coaching market:

Jason Eck

Current job: HC, New Mexico

Age: 48

Head coaching record: 32-16

Why it works

Eck knows how to lift a program up. After bouncing around college football as an assistant, the former Wisconsin offensive lineman got the top job at Idaho in 2022.

The Vandals chose to drop down to the FCS level after a

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