Wake Forest is hiring Washington State coach Jake Dickert to interchange Dave Clawson, simply two days after Clawson unexpectedly stepped down, two individuals briefed on the choice stated Wednesday.
Dickert, 41, is 23-20 in 4 seasons teaching the Cougars. He led them to an 8-4 file this season, the college’s first for the reason that Pac-12 crumbled underneath the load of convention realignment.
Clawson had been at Wake Forest for 11 seasons however resigned after two straight four-win campaigns. His .492 profitable proportion was the best for any coach on the college for the reason that Demon Deacons joined the ACC in 1953.
Dickert, who performed at Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has spent most of his profession within the Midwest, working at FCS and Division II faculties. He obtained his first FBS job at Wyoming in 2017 as a defensive assistant underneath Craig Bohl.
In 2020, Washington State employed Dickert as its defensive coordinator underneath head coach Nick Rolovich. The college then named Dickert as interim coach to interchange Rolovich, who the Cougars dismissed for not complying with a vaccine mandate throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dickert completed the ultimate six video games of that season 3-3 and was promoted to move coach. He has led Washington State to bowl video games in three of his 4 seasons.
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