For the first time in over a decade, Wake Forest football introduces a new head football coach. Jake Dickert comes to Winston ...

The Demon Deacons peaked under prior coach Dave Clawson in 2021, going 11-3 including a win over Rutgers in the Gator Bowl.

Wake’s Jake Dickert Goes One-on-One with Last Word The On-Field Transition. That includes rebuilding a roster through the transfer portal and high school recruiting.

Dickert, 41, went 23-20 in four seasons coaching the Cougars. He led them to an 8-4 record this season, the school’s first since the Pac-12 crumbled under the weight of conference realignment.

Wake Forest has hired Washington State’s Jake Dickert to become the Demon Deacons’ next football coach. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.

Washington State head coach Jake Dickert looks for his second consecutive win over Oregon State at 4 p.m. Saturday after the Cougars beat the Beavers 38-35 in 2023.

Sports; WSU football; Inside WSU coach Jake Dickert’s playing days, which prepared him for the challenge of being the Cougs’ head man Sept. 25, 2024 Updated Thu., Sept. 26, 2024 at 11:17 a.m.

Jake Dickert soaks up the spotlight at the 2001 Sun Bowl. (Photo: GABY VELASQUEZ/ EL PASO TIMES, USA TODAY Sports) A FEW HOURS AFTER news broke that Jake Dickert had accepted a job at Wake Forest ...

Jake Dickert began coaching as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Stevens Point in 2007 and North Dakota in 2008. At North Dakota, Dickert was promoted as a safties coach in 2009.

Jake Dickert's family hails from Oconto, Wisconsin. He was born on August 23, 1983, in Oconto, Wisconsin, to Jeffery and Becky Dickert. Jake Dickert parents.