Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers went 36–12 as a head coach, 2023–2026, at South Dakota State, Washington State and Iowa State. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2023–24 at South Dakota State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 36–12 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Mar 13, 1987
- Alma mater
- South Dakota State 2009
- Best season
- 2025 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Dakota State * | 15–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Championship W | 1 | |
| 2024 | South Dakota State * | 12–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Semifinal L | 3 | |
| 2025 | Washington State | 6–6 | 1st | Famous Idaho Potato (not coached) | ||
| 2026 | Iowa State | 3–3 |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| At home | 10 | 8–2 | 80% |
| On the road | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 8–1 | 89% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
His own 18 games on file, 2025–2026, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Idahoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| West Virginiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Southeast Missouri Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | South Dakota State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2012 | Florida Atlantic | Graduate assistant | |
| 2013–18 | South Dakota State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2019–21 | South Dakota State | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2022 | South Dakota State | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2023–24 | South Dakota State | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Washington State | Head coach | |
| 2026–present | Iowa State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Carl PeliniFlorida Atlantic
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jesse BobbitWashington State
- Jeff MillsNew Mexico Highlands
- Keith HeckendorfNorth Carolina
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Pelini | Florida Atlantic | 2012 | Graduate assistant |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Bobbit | South Dakota State, 2023–24: defensive coordinator; Washington State, 2025: defensive coordinator; Iowa State, 2026: defensive coordinator | Washington State | |
| Jeff Mills | Iowa State, 2026: senior quality control coach | New Mexico Highlands | |
| Keith Heckendorf | Iowa State, 2026: quarterbacks coach | North Carolina |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Zach Lujan | South Dakota State, 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Danny Freund | Washington State, 2025: offensive coordinator | |
| Tyler Roehl | Iowa State, 2026: offensive coordinator |
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
Rogers’s teams went for it on 22% of fourth downs and on 47% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 29.0 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 13 g | Washington State | 22 of 94 23% | 51% | 52% | 29.1 | −0.03 | |
| 2026 6 g | Iowa State | 9 of 46 20% | 38% | 43% | 28.8 | +0.05 | |
| All 19 g | 31 of 140 22% | 47% | 49% | 29.0 | 0.00 |
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.