Yes, that Jonathan Beasley
BOZEMAN, Mont.-Rob Ash filled the Bobcat football coaching staff Wednesday, hiring former Kansas State quarterback Jonathan Beasley as MSU's receivers coach.
Beasley played quarterback at Kansas State from 1996-2000,
serving as team captain as a junior and senior. He was Third Team
All-Big 12 in 2000, and earned MVP honors in the 2001 Cotton Bowl and
2000 Holiday Bowl. He also earned MVP and Team Captain honors for the
2001 Hula Bowl, and was Team Captain for the 2001 East-West Shrine Game.
"I'm very pleased that Jonathan has joined our coaching staff,"
Ash said. "He has extensive experience in the Big 12 and in professional
football, and brings a great knowledge of offensive football and the
passing game to our program. He earned the reputation as a great leader
as a player, and is known for his class, character and integrity."
Most recently a graduate assistant at Emporia State, Beasley
served as quarterbacks and running backs coach at Wichita North High
last fall and coached JV and freshman quarterbacks at Cactus High in
Glendale, Ariz., in 2003-04. Beasley played professionally for the
Wichita Aviators in the APFL (2005), the Wichita Stealth in Arena II
(2004), the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars (2003), the NFL Detroit Lions
(2003), and NFL Green Bay Packers (2001). He also played for the
Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (2001-02).
Beasley was a two-year starter at Kansas State, compiling a
132.7 pass efficiency rating in 2000, the top mark in school history to
that point. He threw for over 30 touchdowns in his career, and finished
with 4,642 career passing yards. He led K-State to a Big 12 Championship
Game appearance against Oklahoma as a senior, and led the Wildcats to a
win over Nebraska his senior season by throwing a game-winning 12-yard
scoring strike in the game's final three minutes.
-msu
