Jason Candle
Candle with Toledo in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UConn |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 12, 1979 Salem, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–1999 | Geneva |
| 2000–2001 | Mount Union |
| Position | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Mount Union (WR) |
| 2007–2008 | Mount Union (OC) |
| 2009 | Toledo (SR/TE) |
| 2010–2011 | Toledo (WR) |
| 2012–2013 | Toledo (OC/WR) |
| 2014–2015 | Toledo (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 2016–2025 | Toledo |
| 2026–present | UConn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 81–44 |
| Bowls | 3–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 MAC (2017, 2022) 3 MAC West Division (2017, 2022, 2023) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× MAC Coach of the Year (2017, 2023) | |
Jason Tyler Candle (born November 12, 1979) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Connecticut, and was previously the head football coach at the University of Toledo, a position he had held since the 2016 season. Candle had been an assistant at Toledo since 2009, and was previously a coach at Mount Union from 2003 to 2008. He played as a wide receiver at Mount Union and Geneva.