PAT DENECKE
Third Season
Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Washington & Jefferson, 2010
Pat Denecke enters his third season at the University of Nevada as a defensive graduate assistant coach. A former collegiate offensive lineman, Denecke arrived at Nevada after spending the last three seasons as the offensive line coach at Bethany College.
In two seasons with the Wolf Pack, Denecke has helped seven defensive players earn All-Mountain West honors. With Denecke’s assistance, Nevada has lowered its points allowed per game margin in consecutive seasons.
Denecke’s coaching career began in 2010 at Bethany College, were he spent three seasons as the Bison’s offensive line coach. BC’s front line plowed the way for the team to rush for 2,024 yards in 2010, the second-most in a season by a BC team in school history, in Denecke’s first season with the program.
The 2011 season was another strong year for Bethany, as it ranked second in the conference in rushing, while a pair of linemen earned all-conference accolades. Denecke’s offensive line paved the way for another record breaking season in 2012. The Bison offense broke nearly every single season passing record in school history, ending the season with a trio of lineman on the All-PAC teams.
Denecke completed his playing career at Washington & Jefferson in the fall of 2009, where he capped his collegiate career as a three-year letterman and two-year starter on the offensive line. He helped the Presidents post a 40-7 record with two conference titles and four trips to the NCAA Playoffs. Denecke led Washington & Jefferson to the quarterfinal round in the 2008 season.
A native of Hamburg, N.Y., Denecke has spent the last two summers working camps at Rutgers, Buffalo, Colgate, as well as working as a counselor for Offense-Defense and College Prep Football camps. Denecke has also worked three years at a camp at St. Francis High School in New York and worked one summer at an offensive line camp at Washington & Jefferson. Prior to graduation in the spring of 2010, he helped out at Washington & Jefferson during spring practice as the assistant offensive line coach.
Denecke graduated from Washington & Jefferson in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He recently completed a Master of Arts in teaching in 2013 at Bethany College.
The File on Pat Denekee
Born: Oct. 31, 1988
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Education: Bachelor's, Business Administration, Washington & Jefferson, 2010; Master's, Teaching, Bethany, 2013
Coaching Experience
2013-Current: Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach, Nevada
2010-12: Offensive Line Coach, Bethany College
Playing Experience
Washington & Jefferson: Offensive Line (2006-09)
