Thomas Hammock
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Northern Illinois |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 14–18 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Jersey City, New Jersey | July 7, 1981
Playing career | |
1999–2002 | Northern Illinois |
Position(s) | Running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003–2004 | Wisconsin (GA) |
2005–2006 | Northern Illinois (RB) |
2007–2009 | Minnesota (RB) |
2010 | Minnesota (co-OC/RB) |
2011–2013 | Wisconsin (AHC/RB) |
2014–2018 | Baltimore Ravens (RB) |
2019–present | Northern Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–18 |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 MAC (2021) 1 MAC West Division (2021) | |
Awards | |
MAC Coach of the Year (2021) | |
Thomas Hammock is an American football coach He is the head football coach at Northern Illinois University, a position he has held since 2019. Hammock played college football at Northern Illinois as a running back. He served as the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL) from 2014 to 2018.
Biography[]
A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Hammock was born on July 7, 1981.[1] He attended Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hammock is a graduate of NIU and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hammock is married with one daughter and an infant son.
Playing career[]
Hammock attended Northern Illinois where he rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his sophomore and junior seasons.[2] After playing just two games in his senior season, he was forced to retire from playing football due to a heart-related medical condition in 2002.[3] In his career, he rushed for a total of 2,432 yards and scored 25 touchdowns.[2]
Coaching career[]
Hammock began his coaching career at Wisconsin, serving as a graduate assistant with the Badgers from 2003 to 2004.[4] From 2005 to 2006, he was the running backs coach at Northern Illinois. Hammock was then a member of the Minnesota staff from 2007 to 2010, first serving as running backs coach before spending his final season as co-offensive coordinator. On February 23, 2011, he was hired as running backs coach for Wisconsin where he worked until 2014.[5] On February 5, 2014, the Baltimore Ravens hired Hammock as the new running backs coach.[6]
Head coach at NIU[]
On January 18, 2019, Hammock was named the new head football coach at his alma mater, Northern Illinois.[7] In his first season back at NIU, his team finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division.[8]
In his second season at NIU, the Huskies went 0–6 in a season originally canceled and then reinstated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
On November 9, 2021, he signed a contract extension through the 2026 season.[10]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
2019 | Northern Illinois | 5–7 | 4–4 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
2020 | Northern Illinois | 0–6 | 0–6 | 6th (West) | |||||
2021 | Northern Illinois | 9–5 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | L Cure | ||||
Northern Illinois: | 14–18 | 10–12 | |||||||
Total: | 14–18 |
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Hammock". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ a b "Thomas Hammock College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Based on medical evaluations, Northern Illinois TB Thomas Hammock ends playing career". NIU Athletics. December 23, 2002. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Hammock". University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (February 23, 2011). "Wisconsin hires Hammock as RBs coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Pearce, Matt (February 5, 2014). "Ravens Hire Thomas Hammock As Running Backs Coach - Fanspeak.com's Baltimore Ravens Blog". Fanspeak.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (January 18, 2019). "NIU hires Ravens' Hammock as head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "2019 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Savage, Brendan (September 25, 2020). "MAC reverses decision to postpone football, season will begin Nov. 4". Mlive.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Olmo, Joe (November 9, 2021). "NIU, football head coach Thomas Hammock agree to contract extension". WIFR-LD. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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- Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
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