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Mike Jacobs

Profile B
  • Named 23rd head football coach in program history on December 22, 2019
  • One of three active Division II head coaches with at least five years experience to own a winning percentage above .800
  • Advanced to the NCAA Semifinal with Lenoir-Rhyne in 2023 and with Notre Dame College in 2018 along with the NCAA Quarterfinal in 2019 with NDC
  • SAC Coach of the Year in 2023 as well as two-time Mountain East Conference Coach of the Year and Don Hansen Football Gazette’s National Coach of the Year in 2018
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Record B
At Notre Dame College:
Year: overall, conference, postseason
2016: 9-2, 8-2
2017: 8-3, 8-2
2018: 13-1, 10-0, NCAA Semifinal
2019: 12-2, 9-1, NCAA Quarterfinal
Totals: 42-8, 35-5, two NCAA Playoff appearances

At Lenoir-Rhyne:
Year: overall, conference, postseason
2020-21: 3-1, 3-0
2021: 8-3, 6-2, NCAA First Round
2022: 8-3, 7-2
2023: 13-2, 8-1, NCAA Semifinal
Totals: 32-9, 24-5, two NCAA Playoff appearances

Career Totals: 74-17, 59-10, four NCAA Playoff appearances
LineAccolades B
  • Led Lenoir-Rhyne to the Piedmont Division, SAC and Regional Championships in 2023
  • Was named the SAC Coach of the Year in 2023, his third conference Coach of the Year accolade in his career with two coming from the Mountain East.
  • Also won NCAA Region 1 Championship in 2018 – prior to that, Notre Dame had never made an NCAA Playoff appearance
  • Led LR to the first NCAA Playoff road victory in program history in 2023, a 35-25 victory at top-seeded Benedict
  • Bears finished the 2023 season ranked No. 4 nationally under Jacobs
  • Led Dareke Young to be the second LR player drafted in the NFL Draft in a three-year span
  • Coached RB Dwayne McGee to break the single-season rushing yardage record in the 102-year history of LR Football in 2021
  • Led the Bears to an NCAA Playoff Appearance in his first full season
  • Had a program-record 16 players on the SAC All-Conference team in 2021
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Awards B
  • Broke the record for all-conference selections at Notre Dame with 18 in 2019
  • Also broke the program record for all-conference selections at Lenoir-Rhyne with 16 in 2021
  • Coached Dwayne McGee and Amari Houston to be named SAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year in 2021
  • Dwayne McGee was also named SAC Freshman of the Year and National Freshman of the Year by Don Hansen in 2021
  • Guided Sean White to a program-record 398 passing yards in a playoff win over Shepherd in 2023
  • 17 total players went on to be named All-Region and seven have been named All-Americans in Jacobs' coaching career
  • Coached RB Jaleel McLaughlin to be a Harlon Hill finalist two straight years, including a runner-up for the award in 2019
  • McLaughlin led Division II in rushing in 2018 and 2019 and his 2,421 yards gained as a freshman in 2018 was a Division II record
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  • Served as Head Coach at Notre Dame College (Ohio) from 2016-19
  • Was the NDC Defensive Coordinator from 2015-16 and Defensive Line Coach from 2014-15
  • From 2008-14, served as the Defensive Line Coach/Director of Football Operations at California University of Pennsylvania
  • Was a Graduate Assistant/Offensive Line Coach at Purdue from 2005-08
  • Held the position of Offensive Line Coach at Wilmington College from 2004-05
  • Was an Offensive Graduate Assistant/Offensive Line from 2002-04 at Eastern Michigan
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Career B
  • Five-year member and two-time letter-winner at Ohio State University from 1997-01
  • Was on offensive lineman and long snapper for both John Cooper and Jim Tressell
  • Played more than 30 games, including two Sugar Bowls
  • Academic All-Big 10 and scholar-athlete award winner in 2001
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Personal B
  • Graduated from Ohio State in 2001
  • Married with two children

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