Friday morning was a homecoming in Club 71 in Dana J Dykhouse Stadium for Dan Jackson, who was introduced as South Dakota State football’s 22nd head coach in program history. A graphic with Jackson’s face and the message “Welcome Home” was projected on every TV inside Club 71.

South Dakota State’s new football coach will be publicly introduced Friday morning in Brookings. Dan Jackson was hired on December 31. The university will introduce him via an introductory press conference Friday morning at 10 a.

BROOKINGS — When Jimmy Rogers stepped down as South Dakota State football coach to take the job at Washington State, Dan Jackson was in Albuquerque, looking for a place to live as he prepared to begin his new job as the defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico.

Dan Jackson, who previously played and coached football at South Dakota State, has been introduced as the 22 nd head coach in Jackrabbit football history.

The trio of hires mark the first for Dan Jackson, who was named the 22nd head coach in South Dakota State football program history on Dec. 31.

South Dakota State on Tuesday announced Dan Jackson would be the school’s newest head coach after Jimmy Rogers, who led the Jackrabbits to the FCS semifinals in 2024, took the head coaching job at Washington State.

Dan Jackson — hired as UNM’s defensive coordinator last week — has been hired as South Dakota State’s new head coach.

Dan Jackson played his college football for SDSU from 2003-2005. He joined the Jackrabbit coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2012. That began a run of various coaching positions with SDSU including corner backs coach,

Friday morning was a homecoming of sorts for Dan Jackson inside Club 71 at Dana J Dykhouse Stadium. Jackson, a former player and assistant coach for the Jackrabbits, was introduced as the 22nd head coach in South Dakota State football in program history.

WDAY+ will be live on Friday, January 10 at 10 a.m. for SDSU's press conference introducing new head football coach Dan Jackson.