As coach of the Willamette Bearcats, he led his team to three playoff berths at the NCAA Division III level.

He was the running backs coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2013 and 2014 and the offensive coordinator at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 2015 to 2016.

[1] There he earned an honorable mention for All-American at the NAIA classification in 1976,[3] and attention from the tabloid media as the Handless Linebacker.

His 1982 Wolfpack squad won a share of the Golden Valley League title, missing the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs by a coin flip.

In 1986, Speckman returned to Central California as Merced High School's football head coach, a position he held for eight seasons.

[1][3] In 1997, while Speckman was still offensive coordinator, Liz Heaston was one of the teams' kickers, and she became the first female player in college football history.

[7] Speckman was considered as a possible replacement for Tim Walsh in early 2007 before Jerry Glanville was hired as the new head coach at Portland State University.

[8] In June 2007, Speckman was inducted into the San Mateo County, California, Sports Hall of Fame,[9] and was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year.

[10] In 2008, he led the team to a 10–0 regular season, a ranking as high as fourth in Division III, and a first round playoff win.