Sitake names Hickman director of recruiting, Jorgensen defensive analyst among four staff additions

PROVO, Utah — BYU head coach Kalani Sitake today announced Patrick Hickman as the director of recruiting and the hiring of Jan Jorgensen as a defensive analyst, Christiana Roberts as executive assistant to the head coach and Anna Lamb as the football office manager.

“I’m excited to welcome Patrick back to BYU,” said Sitake. “He brings 20 years of experience working on college football staffs at three different schools, including a decade here in Provo under Bronco (Mendenhall). Jan, obviously, was a Cougar great on the field and has excelled in his career as a coach. Like Patrick, he will be a great addition for us, as will Christiana and Anna. I’m grateful for the talents they each bring to our program.”

Hickman returns to BYU after working the past six seasons at the University of Virginia, where he served as UVA football’s director of scouting from 2018-21 and the Cavaliers’ director of player development from 2016-2017.  Hickman went to UVA with former BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall after working 10 years under Mendenhall on his Cougar football staff.

During his first stint in Provo beginning in 2006, Hickman contributed to the success of BYU’s program under Mendenhall as the director of football operations, director of player development and high school relations coordinator. Hickman first came to BYU after working four seasons at Boise State, where his responsibilities with the Bronco Athletic Department included game management, facility management and operations.

Hickman graduated from Boise State with a bachelor’s degree in health promotion in 2001 and earned a master’s degree in athletic administration from Idaho State in 2005.

Jorgensen also returns to BYU, where he was a star defensive lineman from 2005-09 and later served as a graduate assistant for the Cougars for three seasons from 2015-17. He rejoins Sitake’s staff after serving the past three years as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. His coaching resume also includes one season at the defensive coordinator at Orange Coast College and one year as the head coach at Carbon High School.

As a player at BYU, Jorgensen started every game of his four-year career and earned All-Mountain West First Team honors three times while finishing his eligibility as the league’s leader in sacks (28.5) and tackles for loss (44). Jorgensen earned a bachelor’s in social science teaching from BYU in 2009 and an MPA from the BYU Marriott School of Business in 2017. From Helper, Utah, he prepped at Carbon High School.

Roberts, a BYU alumna with a degree in geographic information systems, joins the football staff as the executive assistant to Coach Sitake after working as the administrative assistant to BYU deputy athletics director Brian Santiago since 2016. Lamb, who graduated in April from BYU with a bachelor’s degree in English, has been promoted to her position after excelling four years as a student office assistant for the football program.