Jake Dickert held Washington State at National Program III for 4 seasons.
Everyone besides the people who won’t make the medical 105 are out here practicing
Let’s make sure they’re playing fast, confident, relentless
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
0–2 against his rivals.
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Wake Forest won 9 games last year! It seemed like nobody talked about it, but Jake Dickert's debut was a huge success.
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5th-best Wake Forest tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Dave Clawson (2014–2024).
| Season | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 9–4 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #63 | #39 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | 47.3 | 45.6 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | Rob Ezell | Rob Ezell | |
| DC | Scottie Hazelton | Scottie Hazelton | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | 74 | 75 | |
| Defense | 86 | 45 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | 39.5 | 41.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 33.0 | 35.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 29.3 | 27.3 | |
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
2 NFL Draft picks: Karon Prunty (2026), Demond Claiborne (2026)
AI Narratives — “Wake Forest's Inconsistent Finish” and 6 more on the team page.
9th-best Washington State tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Succeeded by Jimmy Rogers (2025–2025).
| Season | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 4–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 0–1 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | L bowl | — | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #60 | #60 | #63 | #62 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 52.9 | 57.8 | 60.0 | 46.0 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Craig Stutzmann / Brian Smith | Eric Morris | Ben Arbuckle | Ben Arbuckle | |
| DC | Jake Dickert | Brian Ward | Jeff Schmedding | Jeff Schmedding | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 70 | 26 | 42 | 86 | |
| Defense | 45 | 36 | 67 | 14 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 52.0 | 67.3 | 66.8 | 43.4 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 49.0 | 61.8 | 56.2 | 39.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 50.0 | 45.9 | 37.1 | 50.0 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
7 NFL Draft picks: Abraham Lucas (2022), Jaylen Watson (2022), Daiyan Henley (2023), Jaden Hicks (2024), Brennan Jackson (2024), Chau Smith-Wade (2024), Kyle Williams (2025)
Defensive coordinator across 2 programs, 2 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.