| Jonathan Beasley | |
| Current Title: | Co-offensive coordinator, running backs coach, tight ends coach |
| Current Team: | Tarleton State |
| Current Conference: | FCS Independent |
| Birth Place: | Glendale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Glendale Cactus High School |
| Player Years1: | 1996–2000 |
| Player Team1: | Kansas State |
| Player Years2: | 2001 |
| Player Team2: | Green Bay Packers |
| Player Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Player Team3: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Player Years4: | 2003 |
| Player Team4: | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Player Years5: | 2004 |
| Player Team5: | Wichita Stealth |
| Player Years6: | 2005 |
| Player Team6: | Wichita Aviators |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 2006 |
| Coach Team1: | Wichita North HS (RB/QB) |
| Coach Years2: | 2006 |
| Coach Team2: | Emporia State (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | Montana State (WR) |
| Coach Years4: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team4: | Kansas State (OGA) |
| Coach Years5: | 2012–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Tarleton State (RB/TE) |
| Coach Years6: | 2017–present |
| Coach Team6: | Tarleton State (co-OC/RB/TE) |
| Awards: | Holiday MVP (1999) Third Team All-Big 12 (2000) Cotton Bowl MVP (2001) |
Jonathan Beasley is an American football coach and former player. He played college football as a quarterback for the Kansas State Wildcats football team in 1999 and 2000. He currently serves as co-offensive coordinator, running backs coach, and tight ends coach at Tarleton State University.
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 33 touchdowns in his career and finished with 4,642 career passing yards. He holds the school record for most yards per completion for a game (23.9), season (20.1) and career (17.9) while also compiling a 21-4 record in two seasons as the Wildcat starting quarterback. He led K-State to the 2000 Big 12 Championship Game appearance against Oklahoma as a senior, and led the Wildcats to a win over Nebraska that same season by throwing a game-winning 12-yard scoring strike in the game's final three minutes.[1]
Beasley played professionally for the Wichita Aviators in the American Professional Football League in 2005, the Wichita Stealth in Arena II in 2004, the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2003, the Detroit Lions also in 2003, and the Green Bay Packers in 2001. He also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League in 2001 and 2002.
Beasley began coaching JV and freshman quarterbacks at Cactus High School his alma mater in Glendale, Arizona in 2003.The JV team finished 8-1 that season led by a freshman Quarterback who Beasley mentored and developed.
Beasley served as a graduate assistant at Emporia State as well as quarterbacks and running backs coach at Wichita North High School in 2006.
Beasley served as the wide receivers coach at Montana State in 2007 and 2008. The Bobcats went 7-5 this past season and 6-5 in Beasley’s first season on staff. As part of the Bobcat coaching staff, Beasley also assisted with the weekly implementation of the offensive game plan and served as the MSU Community Service Coordinator.
Beasley was an offensive graduate assistant at Kansas State under head coach Bill Snyder from 2009-2011.
He was hired to coach wide receivers at Tarleton State University in 2012.[2]