Staff Directory
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- Chief of Staff, Football
Brent Vernon joins Coach Jake Dickert’s staff at Wake Forest as the Chief of Staff and was officially named on Jan. 21, 2025. Vernon served in the same role for Coach Dickert at Washington State for four years (2021-24). Additionally, Coach Dickert and Vernon spent three seasons together (2017-19) when both worked on Craig Bohl’s staff at Wyoming.
Vernon’s role at Wake Forest is similar to the post he held in Pullman as he leads as the administrative operations of the football team, including oversight of team budget, serving as liaison with athletics administration as well as academic and other staff.
Vernon arrived at Washington State after spending the previous 13 seasons at Wyoming. Vernon was promoted to Associate A.D. for Football Operations in the summer of 2018 after being named the Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations in the spring of 2017. He previously served in the roles of Executive Assistant to the Head Coach and Assistant Director of Football Operations in 2012. In 2011, Vernon served as Wyoming’s Director of Recruiting, being promoted from his previous position as the Cowboys’ offensive graduate assistant in 2009 and 2010.
Prior to Wyoming, Vernon was at the University of Missouri where he was a student assistant with the Mizzou Football program for five seasons from August 2004 to December 2008. At Missouri, he assisted the tight ends’ coach, broke down practice and game film and prepared scouting reports. During that five-year span, Missouri enjoyed unprecedented success. The Tigers won the 2005 Independence Bowl over South Carolina, played Oregon State in the 2006 Sun Bowl, won the Cotton Bowl over Arkansas at the conclusion of the 2007 season and defeated Northwestern in the 2008 Alamo Bowl.
Vernon completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Management, at Missouri in December of 2008. Vernon was named to the Dean’s List all four years of college.
He and his wife, Emily, were married in the summer of 2017. They have a son, Theo and daughter, Sophie.
