Coaches
Jimmy Lake
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jimmy Lake
Played at Eastern Washington 1995-1998 · alma mater (CFBD): Eastern Washington
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eastern Washington | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 2000-2003 | Eastern Washington | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2004 | Washington | Position | Defensive backs coach | Keith Gilbertson |
| 2005 | Montana State | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2006-2007 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (pro) | Position | Assistant defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2008 | Detroit Lions (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2010-2011 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2012-2013 | Boise State | Position | Defensive backs coach & passing game coordinator | Chris Petersen |
| 2014-2015 | Washington | Position | Defensive backs coach | Chris Petersen |
| 2016-2017 | Washington | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach✓ | Chris Petersen |
| 2018-2019 | Washington | DC | Defensive coordinator✓ | Chris Petersen |
| 2020-2021 | Washington | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams (pro) | Other | Assistant head coach | not known |
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons (pro) | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams (pro) | Analyst | Senior defensive assistant | not known |
| 2026- | Los Angeles Rams (pro) | Position | Pass game coordinator & defensive backs coach | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Washington | Co-defensive coordinator | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 128 |
| 2017 | Washington | Co-defensive coordinator | 14 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 130 |
| 2018 | Washington | Defensive coordinator | 19 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 130 |
| 2019 | Washington | Defensive coordinator | 24 | 26 | 60 | 19 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Washington | 3-1 | - → - | 22 | 63 | 11.7 | 62% wins | 127 |
| 2021 | Washington | 4-5 (9 of 12) | 20 → - | 107 | 58 | -0.7 | 75% wins | 130 |
Worked under
- Keith Gilbertson · Washington 2004 (Position)
- Chris Petersen · Boise State 2012-2013 (Other, Position)
- Chris Petersen · Washington 2014-2019 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 6
- Bob Gregory · Washington 2020-2021 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
- Ikaika Malloe · Washington 2020-2021 (DC, Position)
- John Donovan · Washington 2020-2021 (OC, Position)
- Junior Adams · Washington 2020-2021 (Position)
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Washington 2020 (DC)
- Thomas Ford · Washington 2020-2021 (Analyst)
Coached together
- Paul Wulff · Eastern Washington 1999-2003 · him GA, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Eastern Washington 1999 · him GA, them Position
- Aaron Best · Eastern Washington 2000-2003 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Timm Rosenbach · Eastern Washington 2000-2002 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Beau Baldwin · Eastern Washington 2003 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jody Sears · Eastern Washington 2003 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Chris Tormey · Washington 2004 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Pete Kaligis · Washington 2004 · him Position, them Strength
- Phil Snow · Washington 2004 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Steve Axman · Washington 2004 · him Position, them Position
- Junior Adams · Montana State 2005 · him Position, them Position
- Kane Ioane · Montana State 2005 · him Position, them Position
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Montana State 2005 · him Position, them DC
- Andy Avalos · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Bob Gregory · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Chris Petersen · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Jonathan Smith · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Robert Prince · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them OC
- Joel Filani · Boise State 2013 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Bob Gregory · Washington 2014-2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position, ST coord.
- Brent Pease · Washington 2014-2015 · him Position, them Position
- Chris Petersen · Washington 2014-2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Choate* · Washington 2014-2015 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jonathan Smith · Washington 2014-2017 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Washington 2014-2020 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Bush Hamdan · Washington 2015-2019 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, OC, Other, Position
- Kirby Moore* · Washington 2015-2016 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Ikaika Malloe · Washington 2016-2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Jeff Tedford · Washington 2016 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Kane Ioane · Washington 2017-2018 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Matt Lubick · Washington 2017-2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Junior Adams · Washington 2019-2021 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
- John Donovan · Washington 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Thomas Ford · Washington 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
Played together
- Aaron Best · Eastern Washington 1996-1998