About Mike Jacobs
Mike Jacobs was an American american football player.
Michael R. Jacobs (born May 9, 1979) is an American college football coach. He was named head football coach by the University of Toledo on December 10, 2025.
Jacobs served previously as head coach at Notre Dame (OH), an NCAA Division II program, from 2016 to 2019, Lenoir–Rhyne, also in Division II, from 2020 to 2023, and Mercer, an FCS program, in 2024 and 2025. Jacobs led all three to top-ten finishes in their respective divisions.
Prior to his first head coaching job, Jacobs served in a variety of assistant coaching roles at Eastern Michigan, Wilmington, Purdue, and California (PA). He played college football for Ohio State from 1997 to 2001, as an offensive lineman and long snapper.
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