Jake Landry Named NDSU Offensive Coordinator
2/2/2024 8:20:00 AM | Football
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State University has hired Jake Landry as offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the Bison football program, head coach Tim Polasek announced Friday, Feb. 2.
Landry, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at St. Thomas the past two seasons. He has 13 years of coaching experience including nine at Division I level with three different programs.
Joe Beschorner, the NDSU running backs coach for the past four seasons, will be NDSU's new tight ends and fullbacks coach. He replaces Tyler Roehl, who coached the Bison tight ends and fullbacks for 10 seasons before resigning to accept a position as associate head coach at Tennessee State.
Landry helped guide St. Thomas to the 2022 Pioneer Football League championship with the No. 1 scoring offense in the league averaging 32.6 points per game. The Tommies went 10-1 that year and ranked second in the league with 200.2 rushing yards per game.
Prior to coaching at St. Thomas, he spent three seasons at Temple University, where he was an offensive analyst working with the offensive line and running backs in 2019 and 2020 and the quarterbacks coach in 2021.
Landry spent four seasons on the offensive staff at Northern Illinois, where he was part of two Mid-American Conference championships and four West Division titles. He worked alongside Polasek in 2013 as an offensive intern with the quarterbacks, and he was a graduate assistant in 2014 with the linebackers and 2015 with the quarterbacks.
Before returning to Northern Illinois as a running backs coach in 2018, Landry was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse for two seasons in 2016 and 2017. Both of those teams led the conference in passing offense with more than 300 yards per game.
Landry started his coaching career at Minnesota-Duluth, where he was a graduate assistant coaching wide receivers in 2011 and 2012 under current South Dakota head coach Bob Nielson. He was part of two divisional championships in the Northern Sun Conference and two NCAA playoff appearances.
A state championship-winning quarterback at Grand Forks Central High School in 2005, Landry went on to become a two-year starting quarterback and team captain for the University of North Dakota during his playing career from 2007 to 2010.
Landry graduated from North Dakota in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in communications. He earned a master's degree in education from Minnesota-Duluth in 2015 and a master's degree in sports management from Northern Illinois in 2020.
Jake Landry Year-By-Year Coaching History
Landry, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at St. Thomas the past two seasons. He has 13 years of coaching experience including nine at Division I level with three different programs.
Joe Beschorner, the NDSU running backs coach for the past four seasons, will be NDSU's new tight ends and fullbacks coach. He replaces Tyler Roehl, who coached the Bison tight ends and fullbacks for 10 seasons before resigning to accept a position as associate head coach at Tennessee State.
Landry helped guide St. Thomas to the 2022 Pioneer Football League championship with the No. 1 scoring offense in the league averaging 32.6 points per game. The Tommies went 10-1 that year and ranked second in the league with 200.2 rushing yards per game.
Prior to coaching at St. Thomas, he spent three seasons at Temple University, where he was an offensive analyst working with the offensive line and running backs in 2019 and 2020 and the quarterbacks coach in 2021.
Landry spent four seasons on the offensive staff at Northern Illinois, where he was part of two Mid-American Conference championships and four West Division titles. He worked alongside Polasek in 2013 as an offensive intern with the quarterbacks, and he was a graduate assistant in 2014 with the linebackers and 2015 with the quarterbacks.
Before returning to Northern Illinois as a running backs coach in 2018, Landry was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse for two seasons in 2016 and 2017. Both of those teams led the conference in passing offense with more than 300 yards per game.
Landry started his coaching career at Minnesota-Duluth, where he was a graduate assistant coaching wide receivers in 2011 and 2012 under current South Dakota head coach Bob Nielson. He was part of two divisional championships in the Northern Sun Conference and two NCAA playoff appearances.
A state championship-winning quarterback at Grand Forks Central High School in 2005, Landry went on to become a two-year starting quarterback and team captain for the University of North Dakota during his playing career from 2007 to 2010.
Landry graduated from North Dakota in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in communications. He earned a master's degree in education from Minnesota-Duluth in 2015 and a master's degree in sports management from Northern Illinois in 2020.
Jake Landry Year-By-Year Coaching History
| Year | School | Position |
| 2011 | Minnesota-Duluth | Graduate Assistant – Wide Receivers |
| 2012 | Minnesota-Duluth | Graduate Assistant – Wide Receivers |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | Offensive Intern – Quarterbacks |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | Graduate Assistant – Linebackers |
| 2015 | Northern Illinois | Graduate Assistant – Quarterbacks |
| 2016 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| 2017 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | Running Backs |
| 2019 | Temple | Offensive Analyst |
| 2020 | Temple | Offensive Analyst |
| 2021 | Temple | Quarterbacks |
| 2022 | St. Thomas | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| 2023 | St. Thomas | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
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