Football
- Title:
- General Manager
Rob Schlaeger was named as Wake Forest football’s General Manager on Jake Dickert’s staff on Jan. 21, 2025 after having served in the same role at Washington State since 2020. As part of his duties, Schlaeger oversees all of the Demon Deacons scouting and recruiting efforts from talent at the high school and collegiate levels, as well as through the transfer portal.
Schlaeger spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons working with the defense at Minot State University (N.D.), where he served as the defensive front coordinator and defensive line coach.
In 2017, Schlaeger served as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming, working under Jake Dickert, who was the safeties coach at the time. Wyoming had one of the top defensive units in the country, finishing ninth in scoring defense (17.5 points per game) and 23rd in total defense. The Cowboys posted an 8-5 overall record and capped the season with a 37-14 victory over Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
In 2016, Schlaeger joined the University of West Florida as the outside linebackers coach during the program’s inaugural season. He developed practice plans, created scouting reports on opponents, and helped construct game plans. That season, the Argonauts achieved a 5-6 record, highlighted by two shutouts and a top-20 victory.
Schlaeger began his coaching career at Southwest Minnesota State University, serving as an undergraduate assistant from December 2011 to June 2016. He coached the linebackers for three seasons and worked with the defensive secondary for one season. In 2015, he was promoted to a graduate assistant role, coaching the outside linebackers. That year, Southwest Minnesota State posted an 8-3 record, its best at the Division-II level. Earlier in his tenure, the program earned its first-ever Division-II bowl bid to the Mineral Water Bowl in 2013.
Schlaeger earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and sport management from Southwest Minnesota State in 2015 and completed his master’s degree in coaching of sport from SMSU in 2016.
