Coaches
Dan Jackson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Dan Jackson
Played at South Dakota State 2003-2005
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | South Dakota State | Other | def. asst. | not known |
| 2014-2018 | South Dakota State | Position | DB | not known |
| 2019 | South Dakota State | ST coord. | AHC/ST/CB/RC | not known |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | ST coord. | CB/co-ST | Thomas Hammock |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | ST coord. | CB/co-ST/DPGC | Thomas Hammock |
| 2022-2023 | Vanderbilt | Position | DB | Clark Lea* |
| 2024 | Idaho | DC | DC/LB✓ | not known |
| 2025- | South Dakota State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Dakota State (FCS) | 9-5 | - → - | 51 | 23 | - | 80% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | South Dakota State (FCS) | 8-2 | - → - | 8 | 9 | - | 64% wins | 128 |
Worked under
- Thomas Hammock · Northern Illinois 2020-2021 (Position, ST coord.)
- Clark Lea* · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Eric Eidsness · South Dakota State 2014-2026 · him Head coach, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jimmy Rogers* · South Dakota State 2014-2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them DC, Other, Position
- John Stiegelmeier · South Dakota State 2014-2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Luke Schleusner · South Dakota State 2014-2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Jake Dickert*+ · South Dakota State 2016 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jason Eck* · South Dakota State 2016-2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Brian Bergstrom · South Dakota State 2017-2026 · him Head coach, Other, Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
- Zach Lujan · South Dakota State 2017-2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Analyst, Position
- Jesse Bobbit · South Dakota State 2019 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them GA
- Derrick Jackson · Northern Illinois 2020-2021 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Eric Eidsness · Northern Illinois 2020-2021 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Thomas Hammock · Northern Illinois 2020-2021 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Clark Lea* · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Joey Lynch · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Nick Howell · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC
- Jason Eck* · Idaho 2024 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Luke Schleusner · Idaho 2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Linehan · Idaho 2024 · him DC, Position, them Position
Played together
- Jimmy Rogers* · South Dakota State 2005