Jake Brydson

Biography

Coach Jake Brydson enters his third season with the Salukis for the 2024-2025 season. In 2024, Brydson’s jumpers closed out the outdoor season with a 1-3-6-7 finish at the 2024 MVC Championship in the Men’s Triple Jump, headlined by Darius Fuller’s championship-winning and regional qualifying performance. Throughout the season, the Saluki jumps group tallied 56 team points across indoor and outdoor, with three podium finishes. In 2023, the Saluki jumpers amassed another three podium finishes, book ended with Dawson Plab’s Indoor MVC Championship in the Men’s High Jump and Jadon Robertson’s podium finish in the Outdoor Men’s Long Jump. Indoors, Plab was named the MVC Performance of the Meet, and Outdoors, Robertson was named the MVC Freshman of the Meet, with scoring performances in the Long Jump (Third), High Jump (Fourth), 110m Hurdles (Fourth), and Javelin Throw (Sixth). Plab’s season concluded at the NCAA First Round and Robertson capped the year with a Fourth Place Finish at the USA U20 National Championship in his debut decathlon. Prior to joining the Salukis, Brydson spent four years at Missouri State University, where athletes he coached amassed five MVC Individual Championships across Triple Jump, Long Jump, and Javelin, as well as six second-place finishes and five third Place Finishes. At the 2022 MVC Championship, his Women Javelin Group finished 1-2-5. Brydson began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of Oklahoma, assisting wi