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No one wants to be the last cat standing. That’s why, when star quarterback John Mateer and Coug-for-life Coach Jake Dickert decided to jump ship this week and leave Washington State University for Oklahoma and Wake Forest, I knew who would be up next: the most recognizable Cougar of them all. Me. The actual Cougar.

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No one wants to be the last cat standing. That’s why, when star quarterback John Mateer and Coug-for-life Coach Jake Dickert decided to jump ship this week and leave Washington State University for Oklahoma and Wake Forest, I knew who would be up next: the most recognizable Cougar of them all. Me. The actual Cougar.

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Coach Jake Dickert leaving Washington State for Wake Forest

Jake Dickert is leaving WSU for the head coaching job at Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons' program announced Wednesday morning, ending Dickert's tenure at WSU, which lasted three full seasons. He coached the last six games of the Cougars' 2021 schedule as interim head coach then accepted the full-time gig that offseason.