Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach / Special Teams Coordinator / Slot Receivers
- Email:
- Phone:
- 936 294-1735
Eric Raisbeck enters his second season as Sam Houston’s associate head coach and special teams coordinator in 2026 after joining head coach Phil Longo’s staff in 2025. He also coached the Bearkat slot receivers during his first season in Huntsville.
In his first season at Sam Houston, Raisbeck directed special teams units that led CUSA and tied for fifth nationally with four blocked kicks. Tim Burns Jr. earned honorable mention All-CUSA recognition as a kick returner, averaging 25.5 yards per return and scoring on a 98-yard kickoff return at Oregon State.
Raisbeck arrived at Sam Houston after working alongside Longo at Wisconsin in 2024. He joined the Badgers as a special teams analyst before being promoted to assistant special teams coordinator ahead of the season.
Before Wisconsin, Raisbeck spent four seasons as a special teams analyst at Penn State from 2020-23. During his tenure, the Nittany Lions produced 13 All-Big Ten honorees on special teams. Long snapper Chris Stoll received the Patrick Mannelly Award as the nation’s top collegiate long snapper in 2022.
Raisbeck also helped recruit highly regarded specialists to Penn State, including the nation’s top-ranked kicker in the 2021 recruiting class and top-ranked punter in the 2022 class.
He worked as a special teams administrative assistant at Utah State in 2019, assisting special teams coordinator Stacy Collins with the Aggies’ special teams operations.
Raisbeck previously served as special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Wisconsin-Platteville during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2018, the Pioneers led NCAA Division III with 12 blocked kicks.
His coaching background also includes stops at Presentation College and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, giving him experience at the NAIA, Division II and Division III levels before moving into FBS football.
Raisbeck also coached internationally, serving as assistant head coach of the Calanda Broncos in Switzerland in 2013 and head coach of the Oslo Vikings in Norway in 2014.
As a player, Raisbeck was a three-year letterwinner at tight end for Wisconsin-La Crosse. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2008 and later completed his master’s degree in educational leadership at Winona State in 2016.
Raisbeck is married to the former Randi Weiland.
