Chase Vogler begins his fifth season with the Blue Devil coaching staff in the 2018 season and will serve as the offensive coordinator, working with the quarterbacks.

As offensive coordinator, Vogler helped to engineer the Blue Devils' 25-22 win over fourth-ranked St. Thomas, sending an early message as quarterback J.Dan Sturgeon unleashed a 77-yard TD strike to Kevion McDonald on the Blue Devils first play from scrimmage to pull the Blue Devils to within one point. While not leading until the waning seconds of the game, Stout stayed within striking range of the potent Tommies and captured the lead with 1:27 left on a 12-yard pass from Sturgeon to Josh Malone. Sturgeon stretched the lead to three points with a two-point pass conversion. The Blue Devil offense placed junior offensive lineman Caleb Adams on the All-WIAC first team and running back Rayshawn Graham and wide receiver McDonald to the second team. Adams also earned All-Region honors. Quarterback Jay Alston finished fourth in the WIAC in passing and total offense.

Jay Alston took over the reins at quarterback for the Blue Devils in 2016 and made use of veteran and newcomer receivers alike to finish sixth in the league in passing.

The 2015 season saw the Blue Devils reach passing numbers they have not for several years. Behind a healthy Hank Kujak at quarterback, the Blue Devils averaged 267.7 yards per contest through the air. Offensively, the Blue Devil averaged nearly 400 yards of total offense (396.9). Stout scored more than 30 points in five games and threw for more than 300 yards in five games, and topped out the year with a 418-yard passing game against Loras College, Stout's first 400-plus yard passing game since Nov. 7, 1998. Kujak earned all-WIAC honorable mention honors and  inked a contract to play professionally in Germany for the Bielefeld Bulldogs, the same team Vogler played for. Offensive lineman Kane'ala Atchison-Keolanui was a first team all-WIAC pick and earned all-region honors. Wide receiver Brian Alvarez was a second team all-WIAC pick and tight end Reggie Kujak was an honorable mention selection.

In his inaugural season with the Blue Devils in 2014, Vogler was put to the test early when starting quarterback Hank Kujak was lost for the season in the opening game due to injury. The Blue Devils responded with Aaron Koerner and Garrett Peterson, both sophomore quarterbacks who had not yet thrown a collegiate pass in a game. Peterson would go on to start the final six games of the season and was named the WIAC player of the week and USA Football impact player of the week after going 26-of-39 for 324 yards and four TD passes in a come-from-behind win over UW-River Falls.

Vogler joins UW-Stout after a stellar four-year career at the University of Minnesota Duluth where he led the Bulldogs to an NCAA Division II championship as the teams' quarterback in 2010. Vogler played in all 54 possible games and started 52 games, going 46-6 as the starting quarterback. Vogler was a three-time all-conference selection, two-time all-region and two-time All-American. The Bulldogs won four NSIC titles during Vogler's four seasons (2009, 10, 11, 12).

After coaching professionally as the offensive coordinator in Germany with the Bielefeld Bulldogs (14-2) during the summer of 2013, Vogler returned to Duluth to serve as a volunteer assistant coach, working with the defensive secondary. Vogler also had a short stint at Western Illinois University as a graduate assistant, where he was reunited with his collegiate head coach, Bob Nielsen, before joining the Blue Devils.

In addition to finishing second all-time among Bulldogs in total offense yards (10,486) and third in passing yards (7,583), Vogler completed a school-record 63.2 record percent of his career passes and also ran for more yards (2,903) than any quarterback in team history.

The Inver Grove Heights, Minn., native was was 46-6 as a starter since assuming that role as a first-year freshman three games into the 2010 season. Those 46 victories are a UMD program best and were tops among all 2012 NCAA II quarterbacks. A member of the Beyond College Sports College Network All-American Team (honorable mention), the Don Hansen All-Super Region 3 Team (third team) and the NSIC All-North Division (second team) in 2012, Vogler quarterbacked UMD to one NCAA II national title, three Northern Sun intercollegiate Conference overall championships and four NCAA II post-season appearances (going 7-3 in 10 games).