Wake Forest University Football

Jake Dickert was named the 33rd head coach of the Wake Forest football program on Dec. 18, 2024. A college football coach for 18 seasons, Dickert has climbed...

Adam Pilapil was added as the Demon Deacons Assistant Coach, Linebackers prior to the 2025 season. In his first year, Wake Forest ranked among the ACC’s elite defensive units, finishing in the conference’s top five in both total defense and pass defense. The Demon Deacons allowed the fewest yards per play in the ACC, permitted the fourth-fewest touchdowns overall and held opponents to more than 100 fewer yards of total offense than the year prior. That consistency was highlighted by holding seven of 13 opponents to 14 points or fewer, the most such performances by a Wake Forest defense since the historic 2006 ACC Championship season. Coach Pilapil worked with Coach Dickert at Wyoming in 2019 and he previously played and worked with Pete Kaligis, Ben Iannacchinone, Scottie Hazelton and he was on the same staff at Colorado State recently with Freddie Banks. Pilapil, who is considered a rising star in the industry, was selected to the AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute in December of 2024. He was chosen from a field of over 200 high-quality applicants and was one of three named to the field from the Mountain West and the first Colorado State coach to be a part of the 35 Under 35 program. Over three seasons with Colorado State, Pilapil and the Rams improved their record each season including an 8-4 record in 2024 and an appearance in the Arizona Bowl. In 2024, Colorado State ranked 23rd nationally and led the Mountain West with n

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Alison Mitchell, MS, LAT, ATC was announced as the The Fehring Family Head Football Athletic Trainer on Monday, April 14. Mitchell arrives in Winston-Salem a...

Ben Iannacchione will oversee the Wake Forest Football Strength & Conditioning program, having been named Director of Strength & Conditioning in January 2025...

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Wake Forest Football welcomed Bobby Maffei to Coach Jake Dickert’s staff as a Defensive Assistant in March 2025, bringing extensive experience at both the NF...

Brent Vernon joins Coach Jake Dickert’s staff at Wake Forest as the Chief of Staff and was officially named on Jan. 21, 2025. Vernon served in the same role for Coach Dickert at Washington State for four years (2021-24). Additionally, Coach Dickert and Vernon spent three seasons together (2017-19) when both worked on Craig Bohl’s staff at Wyoming. Vernon’s role at Wake Forest is similar to the post he held in Pullman as he leads as the administrative operations of the football team, including oversight of team budget, serving as liaison with athletics administration as well as academic and other staff. Vernon arrived at Washington State after spending the previous 13 seasons at Wyoming. Vernon was promoted to Associate A.D. for Football Operations in the summer of 2018 after being named the Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations in the spring of 2017. He previously served in the roles of Executive Assistant to the Head Coach and Assistant Director of Football Operations in 2012. In 2011, Vernon served as Wyoming’s Director of Recruiting, being promoted from his previous position as the Cowboys’ offensive graduate assistant in 2009 and 2010. Prior to Wyoming, Vernon was at the University of Missouri where he was a student assistant with the Mizzou Football program for five seasons from August 2004 to December 2008. At Missouri, he assisted the tight ends’ coach, broke down practice and game film and prepared scouting reports. During that five-year span, Missouri

Brian Daniels is the Sue and Johnny Foster Director, Football Equipment Services at Wake Forest. Daniels works directly with the Demon Deacon football progra...

A lifelong Demon Deacon, Briana Brewer joined the Wake Forest football staff in July 2024 following a successful tenure working with the program in Athletics...

Carter Webb joined Head Coach Jake Dickert’s staff as an Assistant Offensive Line Coach ahead of the 2025 season. The role serves as Webb’s first full-time coaching job, having previously worked as a graduate assistant at Washington State and a graduate assistant and student assistant at Western Kentucky. During his first year at Wake Forest, the offensive line made one of the nation’s biggest year-over-year improvements, allowing just 17 sacks after surrendering 42 the previous season, a jump from 125th nationally to a top-20 ranking in the FBS. Webb and Dickert previously served together at Washington State during the 2024 season, where the Cougars earned their most wins since 2018 while making their eight bowl appearance in the last nine years. Webb spent three years on the staff at Western Kentucky, helping lead one of the most dynamic offenses in the country during that time period. The Hilltoppers won 31 games across the four years that Webb spent on staff, including three-straight seasons with eight or more wins from 2021-2023. Wake Forest (2025-Present): Wake Forest enjoyed a nine-win campaign capped by a Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory. Highlighted by one of the program’s most productive offensive seasons in recent years, the Demon Deacons scored 30 or more points six times and averaged over 28 points per game, both marks representing the program’s highest outputs since the 2022 season. Wake Forest also generated 27 plays of 30 yards or more, its most explosive-play total s

Prior to the 2025 season, Wake Forest head football coach Jake Dickert announced Thursday that Chevis Jackson has been added to his coaching staff as the Dem...

Cole Nowak returned to Wake Forest football in 2025 as lead scout - defense. He joined Coach Jake Dickert's staff following one year (2024) as a football rec...

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Wake Forest head football coach Jake Dickert announced that Dan Enos has been added to his coaching staff as the Demon Deacons Assistant Coach, Quarterbacks ...

David Terrebonne joined the Wake Forest Strength & Conditioning staff in Jan. 2025 following a successful tenure with Washington State in a similar role. Prior to joining the Washington State University staff, Terrebonne served as personal training counselor in Pasadena, Texas. He was also the director of sports performance for RedLine Athletics Webster, a speed and agility training center in Webster, Texas. Additionally, Terrebonne has completed strength and conditioning internships for Texas Tech football and La Porte High School. Terrebonne received his bachelor’s degree in health human performance (strength and conditioning) from Henderson State University, where he was a member of the football team. In 2019 he served as team captain, served as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), and was a representative for the university at the NCAA APPLE Conference, an annual three-day national training institute for student-athletes, athletics administrators and campus partners dedicated to substance abuse prevention and health promotion of college athletes.

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Dylan Stevens originally joined the Wake Forest football staff in 2017 and was appointed as the Director of Football Operations on Coach Jake Dickert’s staff...

Wake Forest head football coach Jake Dickert announced Monday that Dyrell Roberts was added to the coaching staff as The Balogh Family Football Assistant Coa...

After leading one of the most prolific offenses in the country with Wake Forest Offensive Coordinator Rob Ezell, Head Coach Jake Dickert announced the additi...

Elizabeth Goodwin joined the student-athlete services department in August 2022. She works directly with the Demon Deacon football program, in which she is responsible for monitoring the academic performance of student-athletes and helping them to fulfill their undergraduate academic requirements. She also assists with coordinating study halls, tutors and aids in the development of time management skills for student-athletes. Goodwin joined student-athlete services after serving as an academic counselor and lecturer at NC A&T where she worked from 2018 to 2022. She got her start in the academic services space in 2016 at UNC-Asheville and later went on to work at both Winthrop and Memphis. During her time as a student at North Carolina, she worked with both the football and men’s basketball programs, serving in different roles. Brewer graduated from North Carolina in 2014 with a B.A. in Psychology & EXSS Sports Administration before going on to earn her Master’s from Miami University in Kinesiology in 2016.

After helping guide Wake Forest to a resurgent 2025 season, Freddie Banks was promoted to Co-Defensive Coordinator / Safeties ahead of the 2026 season. The Wake Forest defense made significant strides throughout the season, producing four interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries while showing marked improvement across every major statistical category. The Demon Deacons allowed nearly 10.5 fewer points per game compared to the previous season, surrendered more than 100 fewer yards of total offense per contest than in 2024 and nearly cut the number of passing touchdowns allowed in half. Banks came to Winston-Salem with a vast amount of experience including being a defensive coordinator for seven years in his coaching career. Prior to Wake Forest, Banks served as the defensive coordinator for Colorado State with the Rams improving their record each season including an 8-4 record in 2024 and an appearance in the Arizona Bowl. In 2024, Colorado State ranked 23rd nationally and led the Mountain West with nine fumble recoveries while the 19 turnovers gained ranked fourth in the conference. Overall in his three seasons, Colorado State ranked fourth in the conference in turnovers forced per game, totaling 53 in just 36 games played. Banks arrived in Fort Collins fresh off leading the No. 6 scoring defense in the FCS to the national championship game while in the same role at Montana State. It was the Bobcats' first appearance in the FCS national championship game since 1984. Under his t

Giovanni Contreras joined Wake Forest Athletics as an Assistant Video Coordinator in Feb. 2025, bringing extensive experience to Coach Jake Dickert’s staff. Prior to joining the Demon Deacons football staff, Contreras served as a Football Video Film Assistant at Washington State University, where he filmed, edited, and distributed game and practice footage for the Cougars’ football team. Beyond video operations, Giovanni contributed to collegiate athletic marketing as a student intern with Washington State Athletics. He graduated from WSU in May 2025 with a degree in sport management.

Grey Bechok originally joined the Wake Forest football staff as the Assistant Director of Football Operations on Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in June 2025. In ...

Izaiah Prouse-Lackey, who graduated from Florida State in 2018 with a Bachelor of Education, was a walk-on for the football team who lettered and earned a sc...

Jefferson Beckett joined Iannacchione’s staff at Wake Forest in Jan. 2025 after spending the last three years (2022-24) working for him and Coach Jake Dickert at Washington State. Beckett arrived in Pullman after spending the previous year in a similar capacity at Florida Atlantic. From 2019-20, he served as a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he was responsible for the day-to-day accountability of the players, Catapult analytics and assisted with daily weight room training sessions and on-field sprinting and conditioning sessions. Beckett has spent time as a strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee Martin at Middle Tennessee State after beginning his coaching career as an intern at South Carolina. Beckett played three seasons of Rugby at Coastal Carolina, earning 2015 NCAA Division II honorable mention honors. He received his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science in 2016 and his master’s in family and consumer science from Tennessee Martin in 2020.

Jane Caldwell began working in Wake Forest Athletics in July of 1999. She currently serves as Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Services...

Jared Kaster was added to tje coaching staff on Jan. 3, 2025 as an Assistant Coach, Offensive Line. In 2024, Washington State jumped out to a historic start, winning eight of its first nine games of the season and climbing inside of the top 20 in the AP Poll. It marked the first time since 2018 that the Cougars started a season 8-1 or better and the lone loss during that stretch came to College Football Playoff qualifier Boise State on the road. Kaster and Washington State claimed multiple non-conference wins over Power-4 conference teams, defeating Texas Tech and Washington in consecutive weeks. The Cougars entered bowl season with the No. 11 scoring offense in the country in 2024 with 36.8 points per game. Kaster spent the 2023 season at Austin Peay, serving as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Following the 2023 campaign, Kaster briefly served as the offensive line coach at UTEP, before joining Coach Dickert’s staff. During the 2023 season, Kaster helped the Governors to their second-straight conference title, and first in the United Athletic Conference. He helped guide an offense averaged 34.1 points per game, ninth in the FCS and first in the UAC, while its 427 yards per game of total offense ranked second in the conference. Austin Peay's passing efficiency (162.2) ranked third in the country and first in the conference. During his one season at Austin Peay, the Governors produced six all-conference players on offense, including three offensive linemen:

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Justin Kramer was officially named to the Wake Forest football staff on Jan. 21, 2025 as Assistant Head Coach for Jake Dickert after three seasons at Washing...

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Katie Bason enters her third year on the football staff at Wake Forest University in 2025. Her role on Coach Jake Dickert’s staff is as the Demon Deacons Dir...

Kyle Kuykendall joined Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in Winston-Salem in January 2025 as the Director of Scouting. He previously worked with Dickert and the staff at Washington State for two years where he got his professional start. In 2024, Kuykendall served as the Cougars Lead Scout and NFL Liaison. With that, he joined the staff in Pullman, Wash. in 2023 as a Transfer Scout. Kuykendall, who graduated from Texas A&M in May 2022 with a degree in sport management, served in the Aggies football recruiting department as a player personnel intern for the 2022 season.

Kyle Thornton joined Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in March 2024 as a Defensive Quality Control staff member. He played for Coach Dickert at Washington State as he was a team captain and middle linebacker. Over his six-year playing career (2019-24), he rose from a walk-on to a respected leader, setting the standard for performance, discipline, and accountability. Off the field, Thornton excelled academically, earning a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) in 2022 and is on track to complete his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in May 2025, maintaining a 3.88 GPA. His commitment to excellence was recognized with numerous accolades, including Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2024), the Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp Trophy (2024), and Cougar Student-Athlete of the Year (2024).

Maggie Mullen joined the Wake Forest football staff as the Director, On-Campus Recruiting on Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in August 2025. A former college stud...

Mark Holcomb was hired on Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in March 2025 as the Director of High School and Alumni Relations for Wake Forest Football, bringing ove...

Mitch Lisowski joined the Wake Forest Athletic Creative staff in August of 2022 after spending the previous year working at UT-Arlington. After joining as a ...

Nasir Greer, a 2021 Wake Forest graduate with a degree in Communication and Media Studies, returns to Winston-Salem in a Defensive Quality Control role after having an accomplished college and professional career. Greer was an All-ACC selection during his time as a Demon Deacon while also serving multiple years on the leadership committee within the team. After helping lead the Deacs to one of their best seasons in program history in 2021 that included an ACC Atlantic and Gator Bowl Championship, Greer signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022. Greer also went on to play in the XFL during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, winning an XFL Championship with Arlington Renegades in 2023. Greer has also been an assistant coach at Landmark Christian School, coaching on both sides of the ball, with wide receivers, tight ends and defensive backs since 2022. He has also been a leader in his community, serving as a Minister Leader and Youth Minister Leader within multiple churches since 2022 while also volunteering in and around the Atlanta area, supporting youth, homeless and underserved communities.

Nicholas Guglielmo joined the Wake Forest football staff in January of 2024, transitioning from his role at Wagner College, where he served as an Assistant F...

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Having spent the last three seasons with Head Coach Jake Dickert at Washington State, Nick Whitworth made the move to Winston-Salem in 2025, serving as Special Teams Coordinator. Wake Forest’s special teams unit ranked among the nation’s best, finishing fourth in the country with four blocked kicks and standing as one of only six programs nationally to record two kickoff return touchdowns. The Demon Deacons also finished fourth in the nation with a 27.68-yard kickoff return average, showcasing explosive playmaking and consistent field-position advantages throughout the season. His special teams group ranked in the top 50 nationally in multiple categories during the 2024 season. Under Whitworth’s guidance, kicker Dean Janikowski was named and Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Finalist, an award given annual for community service. Janikowski has connected on eight of 11 field goal attempts including a season-long 52 to send the game into overtime in the win over San Jose State. With Whitworth’s help, Janikowski has tallied 28 touchbacks on 55 kickoffs and averaged 42.7 yards-per-punt on 26 punts. In 2023, Cougar special teams shined, finishing second in the Pac-12 and 18th nationally in net punting at 41.7 ypp. The kickoff return unit also finished second in the Pac-12 at 22.0 ypr, which ranked 32nd nationally. That included a 98-yard kickoff return by Leyton Smithson against Colorado, the first by a Cougar since the 2018 season. Junior punter Nick Haberer was fourth in the Pac-12 and 2

Having worked as the Video Coordinator at Washington State since Feb. 2020, Olivia Vea joined Coach Jake Dickert and the Demon Deacons football staff in Wins...

With over 30 years of coaching experience, Kaligis joined Head Coach Jake Dickert’s staff before the 2025 season, leading the defensive tackles group for the Demon Deacons. In 2025, Wake Forest ranked among the ACC’s elite defensive units, finishing in the conference’s top five in both total defense and pass defense. The Demon Deacons allowed the fewest yards per play in the ACC, permitted the fourth-fewest touchdowns overall and held opponents to more than 100 fewer yards of total offense than the year prior. That consistency was highlighted by holding seven of 13 opponents to 14 points or fewer, the most such performances by a Wake Forest defense since the historic 2006 ACC Championship season. Kaligis spent three years on Head Coach Jake Dickert’s staff at Washington State after being named the assistant head coach/defensive tackles coach on Jan. 3, 2022. Kaligis and Dickert previous worked together from 2017-19 while both were on Craig Bohl’s defensive staff at Wyoming. In 2023, the Cougar interior defense made strides after beginning the year with the top six tackles combining for just 10 games played in a Cougar uniform. Despite that, the unit totaled 102 tackles, eight tackles-for-loss and three sacks. Against No. 19 Wisconsin, the Cougar defensive tackles led a defensive that held the Badgers to just 90 rushing yards, it’s second-lowest output of the season and 59.5 yards below its season average. In his first season coaching the defensive tackles, the unit combined f

Rhett Purling joined Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in Feb. 2025 as an assistant for Wake Forest’s special teams. He joined the Winston-Salem community after ser...

Rob Ezell was named Wake Forest’s Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach prior to the 2025 season and helped lead the Demon Deacons to a breakout campaign that culminated in a Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory. Highlighted by one of the program’s most productive offensive seasons in recent years, the Demon Deacons scored 30 or more points six times and averaged over 28 points per game, both marks representing the program’s highest outputs since the 2022 season. Wake Forest also generated 27 plays of 30 yards or more, its most explosive-play total since 2022, while showcasing offensive balance and depth across multiple position groups. Ezell previously served as South Alabama’s Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach, a role he was elevated to in February 2024 after spending three seasons with the Jaguars as the tight ends coach. South Alabama was among the top offensive teams in the Sun Belt Conference in 2024, averaging 34.4 points and 441.8 yards per game. Ezell’s offense put up nearly 6,000 yards over the course of the season, culminating in a 537-yard performance in the Jaguars bowl victory over Western Michigan. Six different offensive players for South Alabama were named All-SBC for their performances during the 2024 season. Ezell helped guide the program to its most successful season at the FBS level, going 10-3 during the 2023 season. He helped coach Lincoln Sefcik to Third Team All-Sun Belt honors in his first year with the program as Sefcik posted 32 receptions fo

Rob Schlaeger was named as Wake Forest football’s General Manager on Jake Dickert’s staff on Jan. 21, 2025 after having served in the same role at Washington...

Russ Kieselhorst will enter his seventh year on the staff in 2025 and will serve as the Assistant General Manager on Coach Jake Dickert's staff. Previously on Coach Dave Clawson's staff, he was Wake Forest's Senior Director of Player Personnel (2023-24), Director of Player Personnel (2020-22) and Recruiting Assistant (2019). Kieselhorst joined the Demon Deacons after five seasons at Marshall. He began in 2014 as a recruiting intern before being promoted to the Director of High School Relations in 2015. In 2017 Kieselhorst added the title of Director of Player Personnel. At Marshall, he oversaw all aspects of the recruiting office and assisted the Herd recruit some of the top C-USA recruiting classes, win a conference championship and post four bowl victories over his five years. The 2014 graduate of Wisconsin-Parkside earned a B.S. in sport management. He is a native of Manitowoc, Wisc. He and his wife, Enrica, were married in the summer of 2025.

Following the completion of the 2025 season, Scottie Hazelton wrapped up his first year with Wake Forest football as the Demon Deacons’ defensive coordinator...

T.J. Hollowell was added to coaching staff as the Demon Deacons Assistant Coach, Defensive Ends prior to the 2025 season. Hollowell brings in NFL playing experience and over 17 years of coaching experience at all levels. The Wake Forest defense made significant strides throughout the season, producing four interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries while showing marked improvement across every major statistical category. The Demon Deacons allowed nearly 10.5 fewer points per game compared to the previous season, surrendered more than 100 fewer yards of total offense per contest than in 2024 and nearly cut the number of passing touchdowns allowed in half. Wake Forest also reduced red-zone touchdowns by nearly 20 percent, reflecting a defense that consistently tightened in critical situations. Hollowell came to Winston-Salem from Nebraska, where he was the recruiting coordinator for the 2024 season. According to Rivals, the Cornhuskers brought in the No. 17-ranked class in 2024. Hollowell spent 2020-2023 with new Wake Forest defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton at Michigan State, where the duo helped the Spartans cap the biggest turnaround in school history with an 11-2 record, a New Year's Six bowl victory over No. 12 Pitt in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and a Top 10 national ranking (No. 8 coaches, No. 9 AP) in 2021. Prior to Michigan State, Hollowell was at Coastal Carolina working with the defensive ends and outside linebackers. Defensive end Tarron Jackson led the Sun Belt an

Tarik Muse came to Winston-Salem in Feb. 2022 as the Deacs Football Sports Performance Coordinator and is set to enter his second season this fall in that ro...

Tiffani Franco began working in Wake Forest Athletics in July of 2021. She currently serves as an academic counselor and head tutor coordinator. In her role, Franco assists Deacon players with academic counseling, tutorial guidance and all study hall sessions during the year. Prior to coming to Winston-Salem, Franco served as an academic support intern at Minnesota for the Gophers football program from Jan. 2021 to July 2021. Additionally, she spent the 2020 football season at VMI as an assistant athletics academic advisor. Franco is a two-time Michigan State University graduate (M.S. in Kinesiology – Concentration in Sports Administration, December 2020; B.A. in Hospitality Business, May 2019).

Tiffany Campbell joined the Wake Forest Athletic Department in August 2020 as the Director of Sports Nutrition and was promoted in July 2023 to Assistant AD, Football Nutrition. In her role, Campbell oversees the Performance Nutrition program with an emphasis on football, working extensively within the Ben Sutton Sports Performance Center, the Christian McCreary Nutrition Center and the McCreary Football Complex. She is responsible for implementing the day-to-day fueling and hydration needs for football and she manages interns and student staff for Coach Dave Clawson's program. Her role includes nutritional education & counseling, menu planning, and body composition testing. She also collaborates with Wake Forest coaches, the sports medicine and performance team, and all related student-athlete service providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to training, nutrition, and hydration, as well as aiding in the dietary and nutritional needs associated with injury & illness prevention and recovery. Campbell came to Wake Forest with over a decade of experience working in sports nutrition, most recently at the University of Oklahoma, where she served a seven-year stint as the Sooners' Director of Sports Nutrition. During her time in Norman, she also served as a Consultant Sports Dietitian for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder from 2013-15. Prior to Oklahoma, Campbell served as Director of Sports Nutrition at Baylor University for one year. A native of Orlando, Fla., Campbell graduat

Tristan White was named Associate Strength & Conditioning Coach by Head Coach Jake Dickert ahead of the new era of Wake Forest Football in 2025. White spent ...

Ty Gatson joined the Demon Deacons football staff as the Director of Recruiting ahead of the 2025 season. He came to Winston-Salem following a one-year stint...

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Wake Forest University welcomed Wesley Beschorner to Coach Jake Dickert’s staff as an Offensive Assistant / TE staffer in March 2025, bringing an extensive background in offensive coaching and player development at both the collegiate and professional levels. Beschorner joined the Demon Deacons after serving as the Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Coach at Northern Illinois (2023-2024), where he led one of the most explosive offenses in the Mid-American Conference. Under his guidance, NIU’s offense ranked top two in the MAC in both points per game (30.0) and total yards per game (405.3) while securing two marquee victories over Notre Dame and Boston College. He also helped lead NIU to consecutive bowl victories, marking the program’s first since 2017-18. Prior to his tenure at NIU, Beschorner served as the Head Coach at Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2019-2023), where he implemented offensive and defensive strategies while overseeing all aspects of program development. His coaching career also includes stops at Maryland (Quarterbacks Coach), Rice (Quarterbacks Coach), and Pittsburgh (Offensive Quality Control Coach), where he played a key role in recruiting and developing NFL-caliber talent, including Kenny Pickett, Nathan Peterman, and Anthony McFarland. Beschorner built a strong reputation as an offensive mind during his time at South Dakota (2007-2016), where he progressed from Quarterbacks Coach to Offensive Coordinator and Associate Head Coach. His offenses consistently ra

Will Houck joined the Demon Deacons staff in April. 2023 as an Assistant Athletic Trainer on Friday. He comes to Winston-Salem after spending the last two seasons at East Carolina where he was hired as an assistant athletic trainer in July 2021 and worked with the Pirates football program. Prior to his time in Greenville, Houck served as an assistant athletic trainer at Troy University where he worked primarily with the men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and women’s soccer programs. Houck earned his Master’s in Athletic Training from the University of Montana in May 2018 while also working at student clinical rotations. From there, he was a student intern with the Northwestern University football team. Houck also served as an athletic training assistant at Coastal Carolina University, working with the football team as well as the men’s and women’s tennis programs. Prior to earning his master’s, Houck earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a minor in athletic training at Central Washington University in 2015. He is a member of the South Eastern Athletic Trainer’s Association, the Alabama Athletic Trainer’s Association, the Northwest Athletic Trainer’s Association, the Montana Athletic Trainer’s Association and the Washington State Athletic Trainer’s Association as well as the National Strength and Conditioning Association.