Mike Jacobs (american Football)

Mike Jacobs
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Mercer
Conference	SoCon
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	May 9, 1979 (age 45); Maumee, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Ohio State University (2001); Purdue University (2008)
Playing career
1997–2001	Ohio State
Position(s)	Offensive lineman, long snapper
Coaching career ( HC unless noted)
2002–2003	Eastern Michigan (OL)
2004	Wilmington (OL)
2005–2007	Purdue (OL)
2008–2013	California (PA) (DL)
2014	Notre Dame (OH) (DL)
2015	Notre Dame (OH) ( DC)
2016–2019	Notre Dame (OH)
2020–2023	Lenoir–Rhyne
2024–present	Mercer
Head coaching record
Overall	74–17
Tournaments	7–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2 MEC (2018–2019); 1 SAC (2023); 3 SAC Piedmont Division (2020, 2022–2023)

Michael R. Jacobs (born May 9, 1979) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Mercer University, a position he has held since 2024.^[1]^[2] He was the head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2020 to 2023.^[3]^[4]^[5] He was the head coach for the Notre Dame Falcons football team from 2016 to 2019.^[6]^[7] He also coached for Eastern Michigan, Wilmington, Purdue, and California (PA).^[8] He played college football for Ohio State as an offensive lineman and long snapper.^[8]^[9]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA^#	D2^°
Notre Dame Falcons ( Mountain East Conference) (2016–2019)
2016	Notre Dame	9–2	8–2	2nd
2017	Notre Dame	8–3	8–2	T–2nd
2018	Notre Dame	13–1	10–1	1st	L NCAA Division II Seminfinal	4
2019	Notre Dame	12–2	9–1	1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal	10
Notre Dame:		42–8	35–6
Lenoir–Rhyne Bears ( South Atlantic Conference) (2020–2023)
2020–21	Lenoir–Rhyne	3–1	3–0	1st (Piedmont)
2021	Lenoir–Rhyne	8–3	6–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division II First Round
2022	Lenoir–Rhyne	8–3	7–2	T–1st (Piedmont)
2023	Lenoir–Rhyne	13–2	8–1	1st (Piedmont)	L NCAA Division II Semifinal	4	7
Lenoir–Rhyne:		32–9	24–5
Mercer Bears ( Southern Conference) (2024–present)
2024	Mercer	0–0	0–0
Mercer:		0–0	0–0
Total:		74–17
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ "Mercer Announces Mike Jacobs As Football Head Coach". Mercer University Athletics. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ "Mercer hires one of top Division II head coaches in Mike Jacobs" FootballScoop. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ "Mike Jacobs - Head Football Coach - Staff Directory". Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ Hobbs, Chris (March 19, 2020). "College Football: Jacobs' debut as Lenoir-Rhyne head coach set for Sept. 5". Hobbs Daily Report - covering Catawba Valley Sports. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "L-R football hires Jacobs from Notre Dame (OH) as coach". News Herald. December 22, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Mike Jacobs - Football Coach". Notre Dame College Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Notre Dame College football coach Mike Jacobs leaves for Lenoir-Rhyne; Mickey Mental named coach". News-Herald. December 22, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Mike R. Jacobs - Football Coach". California University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Lenoir-Rhyne announces former Ohio State lineman as new head football coach". Hickory Daily Record. December 23, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

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