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Menage, Jake
Jake Menage
- Title:
- Wide Receivers Coach
- Email:
- Jacob.Menage@sdstate.edu
Jake Menage brought a championship résumé of his own to the South Dakota State football program as he returned to Brookings to lead the Jackrabbit wide receivers during the 2023 season.Â
A former Jackrabbit player and student coach, Menage served as the offensive coordinator at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, during the 2022 season, helping direct the Red Raiders to an NAIA national title. Northwestern led the NAIA ranks in third-down efficiency (54.8 percent), while ranking second in total offense (467.6 yards per game) and third in scoring (43.7 points per game).
A finalist for NAIA Coordinator of the Year, Menage coached 10 all-conference selections and three All-Americans on a squad that posted a 13-1 record.
Upon his return to Brookings as part of Jimmy Rogers' first coaching staff in 2023, Menage worked with twin brothers Jadon and Jaxon Janke, who both ended their careers in the all-time SDSU top 10 for receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Jadon Janke was a first-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection, while Jaxon Janke received honorable mention accolades. In addition, true freshman wide receiver Griffin Wilde earned a spot on the MVFC All-Newcomer Team.
Menage previously coached at the Division I level during a three-year stint at Northern Illinois, where he coached the wide receivers and tight ends. He began his coaching career as a student assistant at SDSUÂ during the 2018 spring season, following a playing career from 2013-17 in which he was recruited as a quarterback out of Springfield (Minn.) High School before moving to wide receiver.
In the fall of 2018, he moved on to Southwest Minnesota State as a graduate assistant, working with the team's running backs.
Menage comes from a coaching family as his cousin, Pete, also is an assistant coach with the Jackrabbits and his late father, Jeff, served as offensive coordinator at South Dakota State during the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
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A former Jackrabbit player and student coach, Menage served as the offensive coordinator at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, during the 2022 season, helping direct the Red Raiders to an NAIA national title. Northwestern led the NAIA ranks in third-down efficiency (54.8 percent), while ranking second in total offense (467.6 yards per game) and third in scoring (43.7 points per game).
A finalist for NAIA Coordinator of the Year, Menage coached 10 all-conference selections and three All-Americans on a squad that posted a 13-1 record.
Upon his return to Brookings as part of Jimmy Rogers' first coaching staff in 2023, Menage worked with twin brothers Jadon and Jaxon Janke, who both ended their careers in the all-time SDSU top 10 for receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Jadon Janke was a first-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection, while Jaxon Janke received honorable mention accolades. In addition, true freshman wide receiver Griffin Wilde earned a spot on the MVFC All-Newcomer Team.
Menage previously coached at the Division I level during a three-year stint at Northern Illinois, where he coached the wide receivers and tight ends. He began his coaching career as a student assistant at SDSUÂ during the 2018 spring season, following a playing career from 2013-17 in which he was recruited as a quarterback out of Springfield (Minn.) High School before moving to wide receiver.
In the fall of 2018, he moved on to Southwest Minnesota State as a graduate assistant, working with the team's running backs.
Menage comes from a coaching family as his cousin, Pete, also is an assistant coach with the Jackrabbits and his late father, Jeff, served as offensive coordinator at South Dakota State during the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
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