Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | South Dakota State |
Conference | MVFC |
Record | 23–2 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Chandler, Arizona, U.S. | March 1, 1987
Playing career | |
2005–2009 | South Dakota State |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2010–2011 | South Dakota State (GA) |
2012–2013 | Florida Atlantic (GA) |
2013–2018 | South Dakota State (LB) |
2019–2021 | South Dakota State (AHC/co-DC/LB) |
2022 | South Dakota State (AHC/DC/LB) |
2023–present | South Dakota State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 23–2 |
Tournaments | 4–0 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NCAA Division I (2023) 1 MVFC (2023) | |
Awards | |
Eddie Robinson Award (2023) | |
Jimmy Rogers (born 1988/1989)[1] is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). After playing college football for the Jackrabbits, he served as a graduate assistant with them for two years before joining Florida Atlantic in 2012. He returned to South Dakota State in 2013 as linebackers coach, later receiving a promotion to defensive coordinator in 2019, the position he served in until being named head coach in 2023. He closed his first season as Jackrabbit head coach by leading his team to the NCAA Division 1 FCS National Championship in Frisco, TX, January 7, 2024.