Wake Forest University has named Jake Dickert as its new head football coach, following the unexpected resignation of Dave Clawson. Dickert, who previously served as the head coach at Washington State, was praised for his focus on player development and his commitment to academic success.
Wake Forest moved quickly in reaching across the country to find its next football coach.The school hired Washington State's Jake Dickert on Wednesday, two days after Dave Clawson resigned unexpectedly following 11 seasons that included regular bowl bids and an Atlantic Coast Conference division title.
"Dickert arrived at Washington State after a three-year run at Wyoming in a career with stops at the Division II level, though those generally were at schools in the central part of the country or further west. A job at Southeast Missouri State in 2012 was his farthest east.He'll relocate to the Eastern Seaboard for the job at Wake Forest, an elite private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with one of the smallest undergraduate enrollments in the Bowl Subdivision ranks .
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