Jake Olson enters his second season with the Texans in 2024, serving as the assistant to the head coach.
In his first season with the Texans, Olson served on a coaching staff that finished with an 10-7 record and clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2019. Houston won their seventh AFC South title and became the first team in NFL history to win their division with a rookie quarterback and first-year head coach. Olson served as the assistant to the coaches and helped with team operations, logistics and scheduling.
Olson most recently served as the assistant athletic director of football operations at Kent State, a role he assumed in 2022 after serving as the director of football operations since arriving at the program in 2019. In this elevated role, he took on increased administrative responsibilities within the department related to external operations along with providing leadership with all administrative aspects with the football program.
Olson oversaw football operations during one of the most successful seasons in program history in 2019, when the Golden Flashes earned their first bowl win in program history with a 51-41 victory in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.
Before arriving at Kent State, Olson served as the chief of staff at Yale from 2017-18.
During his time with the Bulldogs, he handled budget management, team travel, meals and created the team calendar. Olson was also the liaison for the team with the rest of the university, oversaw the football support staff, directed the Eli Football Camp and coordinated internships and professional development opportunities for student-athletes. Additionally, he served as a liaison between parents, Yale alumni and the football program.
Olson was also with the Bulldogs for the 2016 season as an operations assistant, a stint that was bookended by a pair of roles with the Syracuse football team. As an intern with the Orange, he helped coordinate camp travel for coaches and assisted in organizing Syracuse's summer camp series. He also assisted with the team's operations and recruiting while working with the director of operations in the management of team logistics, including helping organize the daily schedules of student-athletes, coaches and staff.
A Morris, Ill., native, Olson attended Eastern Illinois University. He graduated in 2016 with a bachelor's degree sport management, and a minor in business. His brother, Ben, is the defensive line/defensive run game coordinator for the University of Incarnate Word. Jake married his wife, Emily, in May of 2021.
