Jason John Gesser (born May 31, 1979) is an American college football former player and assistant athletic director who is currently the offensive coordinator at Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver, Washington.
In his senior year, St. Louis ranked as high as fourth in the national prep poll and won a second straight state title.
Gesser led WSU to two straight 10 win seasons from 2001-2002, and finished seventh in the 2002 Heisman Trophy race.
[citation needed] The Honolulu native earned First-team All-America honors and finished his Cougar career as a three time All-Pac-10 selection, and a four-time Academic All-Pac-10 honoree.
[4] He spent the entire season with the team but did not see any playing time behind Steve McNair, Billy Volek, and Neil O'Donnell.
[12] In the spring of 2009, Gesser was named as the head football coach at Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish, Washington.
[14] Gesser returned to the Palouse in May 2011, then crossed the state border in June and joined the staff at Idaho as running backs coach in neighboring Moscow.
He filled the open position left by his successor at Eastside Catholic, Jeremy Thielbar, a former Cougar teammate.
Before the start of the 2022 season, Gesser was hired as the offensive coordinator at Seton Catholic High School.
He was also a member of WSU's football radio broadcast team with Bob Robertson, Bud Nameck, and sideline reporter Jessamyn McIntyre.
[24] Gesser is the grandson of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame member Joseph "Red" Dunn.