LOOK AT THE RECORD

FIRE
TIM
BECK

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE ALREADY THERE.

USF hired an offensive coordinator after stops at Nebraska, Ohio State, Texas, NC State and a 20–18 head-coaching run at Coastal Carolina that ended with a firing.

SEE THE FACTS

Official USF Athletics headshot. Source.

The scoreboard smoke

59–10JMU over Coastal, Nov. 29, 2025. Coastal: minus-5 rushing yards; outgained 525–170.

0–38ECU shutout, Sept. 13, 2025. First FBS shutout in Coastal program history.

619–189Old Dominion's yardage edge in a 47–7 win. ODU led 34–0 at half.

110–17Combined score of Beck's final two Coastal games before the Nov. 30 firing.

103rd / 128thCoastal's 2025 regular-season scoring offense / scoring defense rankings.

$1.575M / $1.7MContract-specific buyout report / Athletic March 2026 table. No buyout lawsuit found.

24.3 PPG / 4.84 YPPNC State's 2022 offense ranked 94th nationally in scoring and 116th in yards per play; PFF ranked it 91st.

132 yardsOhio State vs. Michigan State in 2015, with five first downs.

Mandatory scandal sirens

WPDE screenshot of the deleted Hawaii beach photo

1. Hawaii: posted, deleted, explained

Coastal's deleted December 2023 posts showed a shirtless Beck posing on a Hawaii beach with the dance team in matching teal bathing suits and mascot Chauncey. Beck called it a “very spontaneous event” and said deletion was “100 bazillion percent, all me.”

WPDE source and image · The Chanticleer follow-up. A campus Instagram poll reported 35% called it inappropriate. No university discipline or Title IX finding was found.

Tim Beck chugging a beer during a live SportsCenter segment

2. SportsCenter beer chug

Live ESPN, November 2024: crowd chants, a full beer, then a can smash against the forehead. No fine or suspension was found.

Awful Announcing photo and story

ALLEGATION — NO PUBLIC OUTCOME

3. The 2012 Morgan lawsuit

Beverly Morgan alleged injuries after a 2010 Football 101 clinic drill and sued Beck and the Pelini Foundation. No public verdict or settlement was found. These are claims from a lawsuit, not proven facts.

Read what was reported

4. Fired his OC, took the calls

Beck fired Travis Trickett in October 2024 and took over offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and play-calling duties. Asked whether that was too much: “Maybe. We'll see how it goes.”

5. Coastal firing + buyout optics

Fired November 30, 2025 after 59–10 against JMU. Athletic's March 2026 table listed a current $1.7 million buyout with payouts ending in 2026.