Drake University Athletics

Sean Hupke joined the Drake football coaching staff in the summer of 2023. Prior to Drake, Hupke was the Defensive & Special Teams Quality Control coach for the 2022 FCS National Champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

Hupke began at South Dakota State in the spring of 2022 as an intern following a two year stint (2020-21) as an offensive student assistant under head coaches Nick Rolovich and Jake Dickert at Washington State.

Before transferring to Washington State, Hupke was a defensive back at Diablo Valley Junior College. He is a native of San Ramon, Calif., in the San Francisco bay area.