Jason Candle

Jason Tyler Candle (born November 12, 1979) is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at the University of Toledo. He had been an assistant at Toledo since 2009, and at Mount Union before that. Candle played wide receiver at Mount Union and Geneva.

Jason Candle
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamToledo
ConferenceMAC
Record38–21
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-12) November 12, 1979
Salem, Ohio
Playing career
1998–1999Geneva
2000–2001Mount Union
Position(s)Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2006Mount Union (WR)
2007–2008Mount Union (OC)
2009Toledo (SR/TE)
2010–2011Toledo (WR)
2012–2013Toledo (OC/WR)
2014–2015Toledo (AHC/OC/QB)
2016–presentToledo
Head coaching record
Overall38–21
Bowls1–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MAC (2017)
1 MAC West Division (2017)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2017)

Playing career

Candle was born in Salem, Ohio.[1] He played wide receiver, first at Geneva College (1998–1999) and then at Mount Union (2000–2001).[2] Both Mount Union teams he played on won the Division III championship.[3] Candle graduated from Mount Union in 2003.[4]

Coaching career

After graduating, Candle stayed on at Mount Union and joined the coaching staff as the wide receivers coach, a job he held from 2003–2006. In 2007, Mount Union promoted him to offensive coordinator, replacing Matt Campbell, who had joined the staff at Bowling Green.[5]

Toledo

Candle left Mount Union in 2009 to become the slot receivers/tight ends coach at Toledo under Tim Beckman. He was reunited there with Campbell, then serving as run game coordinator. Toledo promoted Candle to wide receivers coach in 2010, where he coached All-American Eric Page. Toledo promoted Campbell to head coach at the end of 2011 after Beckman became head coach at the University of Illinois. Campbell retained Candle and promoted him to offensive coordinator. Candle added the title of associate head coach in 2014.[5]

Toledo named Candle as their head coach on December 2, 2015, after Campbell departed for Iowa State University.[6] On July 22, 2020, Toledo announced that Candle has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being asymptomatic. He became the first publicly known FBS coach to have tested positive for coronavirus.[7]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference) (2015–present)
2015 Toledo 1–00–0T–1stW Boca Raton*
2016 Toledo 9–46–22nd (West)L Camellia
2017 Toledo 11–37–11st (West)L Dollar General
2018 Toledo 7–65–3T–2nd (West)L Bahamas
2019 Toledo 6–63–5T–5th (West)
2020 Toledo 4–24–2T–2nd (West)
Toledo: 38–21 (.644)25–13 (.658)* Promoted to HC for 2015 bowl game
Total:38–21 (.644)
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Toledo Assistant Football Coach Jason Candle Named Top Recruiter in MAC by Scout.com". Toledo Rockets. February 8, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  2. Botos, Tim. "Mount Union football far and wide". The Repository. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. Autullo, Ryan (April 2, 2012). "Purple doctrine has merit". The Blade. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  4. Russo, Ralph D. (December 2, 2015). "AP Source: Toledo offensive coordinator Candle to head coach". Belleville News-Democrat. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. "Jason Candle Named Head Football Coach at Toledo". Toledo Rockets. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  6. Evans, Thayer (December 2, 2015). "Toledo offensive coordinator Jason Candle to be Rockets head coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  7. Gardner, Steve (July 22, 2020). "Toledo football coach Jason Candle tests positive for coronavirus". USA Today. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
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