Mike R. Jacobs enters his second season on the Vulcans’ coaching staff working with the defensive linemen after spending three years with Division I Purdue University.
In his first year with the Cal U program, he tutored two All-PSAC West selections including defensive end Willie Walker, who was a Gene Upshaw Award Finalist.
While with the Boilermakers, Jacobs served as an offensive graduate assistant on former-head coach Joe Tiller's staff. In 2007, he worked with the offensive linemen and long snappers as Purdue finished the season 7-5 overall and won the Motor City Bowl.
He started his coaching career in 2002 as an offensive graduate assistant and coached the offensive linemen and long snappers at Eastern Michigan University, a member of the Mid-American Conference.
In between his stops at EMU and Purdue, Jacobs spent the 2004 season as the offensive line coach at Wilmington College (Ohio), a Division III program.
Jacobs also features Division I playing experience, playing four years at Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State University. He was a two-year letterman as a center for the Buckeyes and was a member of four bowl teams, playing for both John Cooper and Jim Tressel. Following the senior season in 2001, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
His father, Mike, also served as assistant coach for the Buckeyes from 1995-99 and coached in four bowl games and is now the offensive coordinator for the Vulcans.
Mike R. Jacobs graduated from Ohio State in 2001 with a bachelor of science in education before completing his master’s degrees in health and kinesiology at Purdue in 2008.
