Jake Dickert
Jake Dickert went 38–25 as a head coach, 2021–2026, at Washington State and Wake Forest. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 5–1); by them his record is 37–25. Share
- Record
- 38–25 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Aug 23, 1983
- Alma mater
- Wisconsin Stevens Point 2007
- Best season
- 2026 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington State remaining 6 games | 3–3 | 2nd (North) | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 2022 | Washington State | 7–6 | 7th | LA Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Washington State | 5–7 | T–9th | |||
| 2024 | Washington State | 8–4 | 2nd | Holiday (not coached) | ||
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 9–4 | T–7th | Duke’s Mayo Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 6–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 15 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 5–4 | 56% |
| Conference games | 36 | 17–19 | 47% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 25 | 13–12 | 52% |
| At home | 31 | 21–10 | 68% |
| On the road | 28 | 15–13 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 34 | 26–8 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 12–17 | 41% |
His own 63 games on file, 2021–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jedd Fisch 2021–2024 | 3–1 | Arizona, Washington | 4 |
Jake Dickert’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Arizonaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Stanfordseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Californiaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Oregonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Wake Forest for the 2025 season from Washington State, where he was head coach.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | Graduate assistant | |
| 2008 | North Dakota State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2009–10 | North Dakota State | Safeties coach | |
| 2011 | South Dakota | Special teams and defensive backs coach | |
| 2012 | Southeast Missouri State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2013 | Augustana (SD) | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2014–15 | Minnesota State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2016 | South Dakota State | Co-special teams and safeties coach | |
| 2017–18 | Wyoming | Safeties coach | |
| 2019 | Wyoming | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2020–21 | Washington State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2021 | Washington State | Interim head coach | |
| 2022–24 | Washington State | Head coach | |
| 2025–present | Wake Forest | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Craig BohlNorth Dakota State, Wyoming
- Tony SamuelSoutheast Missouri State
- Nick RolovichWashington State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian SmithOhio
- Jesse BobbitWashington State
- Brian WardBowling Green, McPherson
- Eric MorrisNorth Texas, Oklahoma State, Incarnate Word
- Pete KaligisWashington State
- Frank MaileUtah State
- Dan EnosCentral Michigan
- Dave CohenHofstra
- Wesley BeschornerWisconsin Eau Claire
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 2008–10 | 2008: graduate assistant; 2009–10: safeties coach | |
| Tony Samuel | Southeast Missouri State | 2012 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Craig Bohl | Wyoming | 2017–19 | 2017–18: safeties coach; 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Nick Rolovich | Washington State | 2020–21 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Smith | Washington State, 2021: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Ohio | |
| Jesse Bobbit | Washington State, 2021: graduate assistant | Washington State | |
| Brian Ward | Washington State, 2022: defensive coordinator | Bowling Green, McPherson | |
| Eric Morris | Washington State, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | North Texas, Oklahoma State, Incarnate Word | |
| Pete Kaligis | Washington State, 2022–24: assistant head coach and defensive tackles coach; Wake Forest, 2025–26: assistant head coach and defensive tackles coach | Washington State | |
| Frank Maile | Washington State, 2023–24: defensive ends coach | Utah State | |
| Dan Enos | Wake Forest, 2025–26: quarterbacks coach | Central Michigan | |
| Dave Cohen | Wake Forest, 2025: assistant head coach and defensive line coach | Hofstra | |
| Wesley Beschorner | Wake Forest, 2025–26: tight ends coach | Wisconsin Eau Claire |
Other assistants under him (10)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Stutzmann | Washington State, 2021: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Ferrigno | Washington State, 2021–22: offensive assistant; 2023: special teams quality control coach | |
| Mark Banker | Washington State, 2021: safeties coach | |
| Jordan Davis | Washington State, 2022: offensive assistant | |
| Sean Brophy | Washington State, 2022: graduate assistant | |
| Ben Arbuckle | Washington State, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jeff Schmedding | Washington State, 2023–24: defensive coordinator | |
| Freddie Banks | Wake Forest, 2025–26: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach | |
| Rob Ezell | Wake Forest, 2025–26: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Scottie Hazelton | Wake Forest, 2025–26: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Dickert’s teams went for it on 27% of fourth downs and on 54% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 25.1 seconds a play, 2022–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 12 g | Washington State | 26 of 93 28% | 51% | 64% | 24.1 | 0.00 | |
| 2023 12 g | Washington State | 25 of 87 29% | 51% | 65% | 24.6 | +0.03 | |
| 2024 12 g | Washington State | 24 of 72 33% | 66% | 50% | 25.6 | +0.20 | |
| 2025 13 g | Wake Forest | 22 of 105 21% | 49% | 50% | 25.6 | 0.00 | |
| 2026 7 g | Wake Forest | 11 of 42 26% | 56% | 50% | 25.9 | +0.31 | |
| All 56 g | 108 of 399 27% | 54% | 56% | 25.1 | +0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.