Washington State University Athletics

Dan Rowe joined the Washington State staff as a defensive graduate assistant in February, 2016.

Rowe arrived in Pullman following one season as Western Kentucky, where he served as a defensive graduate assistant. At WKU Rowe worked on the same staff as current Cougar inside receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard. In 2015, the Hilltoppers improved their scoring defense by 14 points and ranked fifth nationally in takeaways while the team finished 12-2, winning the Conference USA Championship and the Miami Beach Bowl.

Prior to Western Kentucky, Rowe worked as an offensive assistant at Northern Michigan, which averaged more 350 yards per game during the 2013 season. Rowe spent one season as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming (2012) while also coaching at Merrimack College (Mass.) in the spring of 2012 and two seasons (2010-11) at Yale University (Conn.).

As a student at the University of New Hampshire (2006-10), Rowe entered the coaching profession as a student assistant.