Football
- Title:
- Director of Recruiting
Jake Breske is in his fifth year on staff at Mizzou, and the 2020 season will mark his first in the role of director of recruiting for Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz. Breske spent four years prior at Mizzou on the recruiting side, including the 2018-19 seasons as director of recruiting operations. Breske enjoyed success in the director's role, as Mizzou's staff put together a highly-acclaimed 2019 signing class which ranked 31st nationally by one outlet, a ranking that has been surpassed at MU only twice in the last 10 years.
Breske joined the Tiger staff prior to the 2016 season as a recruiting assistant, and served in that role for two seasons before stepping into the lead role. He came to Mizzou after spending three seasons at Valley City State University (North Dakota), working with the quarterbacks in 2013 and picking up offensive coordinator duties in 2014 and 2015. The Vikings went a combined 21-10 in those three seasons, claiming a conference title with a 9-2 season in 2014.
Before that, Breske spent 2012 in an assistant coaching role with Webster (South Dakota) High School - his alma mater in his hometown of Webster. He began his coaching career with a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at his collegiate alma mater - the University of South Dakota, where he played quarterback and graduated with a Psychology undergraduate (2009) and a Masters in Kinesiology and Sports Science (2011).
Breske comes from a football family, as his father was a high school coach for 33 years and is a member of the South Dakota Football Coaches' Association Hall of Fame. Additionally, both of his older brothers played college football.
