University of Tennessee Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
- Phone:
- (865) 974-1234
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Jake Breske, who owns over nine years of Southeastern Conference experience, served as Tennessee’s director of player personnel from 2021-25. Breske reunited with head coach Josh Heupel in the spring of 2021 as the two worked together at Missouri from 2016-17. The 2025 season was his final on the Vol staff,
Breske played a key role in helping the Volunteers secure a top-15 recruiting class just months on the job in December 2021, and he has helped UT ink three consecutive top-15 classes since joining the staff. He was involved in multiple recruiting aspects of the program.
Breske previously spent five years on Missouri’s staff, including as director of recruiting for the Tigers from 2018-21. He helped direct recruiting efforts for a Class of 2021 that at the time tied for the highest finish ever in school history at No. 21 nationally by Rivals.com. Breske also excelled in his debut year in the director’s role, as Mizzou’s staff put together a highly-acclaimed 2019 signing class, which ranked No. 31 nationally by one outlet. That ranking had only been surpassed at Mizzou three times in the last 10 years, including the 2021 class he helped organize.
Breske joined the Tiger staff prior to the 2016 season as a recruiting assistant and served in that role for two seasons before stepping into the lead role. He came to Mizzou after spending three seasons at Valley City State University (North Dakota), working with the quarterbacks in 2013 and picking up offensive coordinator duties in 2014 and 2015. The Vikings went a combined 21-10 in those three seasons, claiming a conference title with a 9-2 season in 2014.
Prior to that, Breske spent 2012 in an assistant coaching role with Webster (South Dakota) High School, his alma mater in his hometown of Webster. He began his coaching career with a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at his collegiate alma mater, the University of South Dakota, where he played quarterback and graduated with a psychology undergraduate degree (2009) and a master’s degree in kinesiology and sports science (2011).
Breske comes from a football family as his father, Leon, was a high school coach for 33 years and is a member of the South Dakota Football Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame. Additionally, both of his older brothers played college football. His brother, Nate, serves as the head athletic trainer for the Buffalo Bills.
