For the second straight year, the WSU Cougars have lost their head football coach to a Power Four conference program.

After one season on the Palouse, Washington State head coach Jimmy Rogers is leaving to take the head-coaching job at Iowa State, the Cyclones announced on Friday evening. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel .

WSU hired Rogers last December to replace Jake Dickert, who left to take the head-coaching job at Wake Forest.

Rogers went 6-6 in his lone season at WSU this fall. The Cougars secured bowl eligibility with a win over Oregon State in their regular-season finale last weekend.

Defensive coordinator Jesse Bobbit will serve as the interim head coach for WSU’s bowl game, according to The Spokesman-Review’s Greg Woods . The Cougars will find out their

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