OL Mike Jacobs (walk-on in 1997, now Head Football Coach at Mercer )

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Mike Jacobs: Ohio State Football - Buckeye Rosters

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Mike Jacobs
LS, C, OG
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 285
Birthday: 5/9/1979
Hometown: Maumee, OH
High School: Maumee
Current Team: Ohio State
Seasons: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Major: Sport & Leisure Studies (1998-01), Unknown (1997)

2001 Media Guide: Mike Jacobs is a former walk-on who was converted to scholarship prior to last year … currently listed as the Buckeyes’ No. 2 center … also snaps for field goals and extra points … has worked hard to earn a spot on the depth chart … his father, Mike Jacobs, is a former Ohio State assistant coach and offensive coordinator.

2000 Season: Fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was awarded a scholarship at the start of the season … played in all 12 games, primarily as the long snapper, but did see action at center against Fresno State and Iowa.

2000 Media Guide: Everyone could learn a lesson in attitude from Mike Jacobs. Now in his fourth year in the OSU program, Jacobs has learned a number of positions and, in the words of the OSU coaching staff, “has done everything we’ve asked of him.” Jacobs has stood out as a long-snapper n the past and may get a chance to excel at that position with the departure of Kevin Houser to graduation. “Mike is a young man with a lot of willingness and a lot of want. He wants to do things really well,” George Belu, offensive line coach, said.

1999 Season: Played in three games … logged a total of five minutes, including a season-high three minutes against Iowa.

1999 Media Guide: Mike Jacobs is a hard-working young man who is entering his third full year with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He has learned a number of offensive line positions, but has stood out as a long snapper and backup center. Jacobs made the travel squad last year as a backup long snapper when Kevin Houser’s wrist was still in question.

1998 Season: Managed to see his first collegiate action, playing in three games for a total of five minutes.

1998 Media Guide: Entering his second full year as a member of the team … learning a number of offensive line positions, but stood out this spring at center, where he also displayed some long snapping capabilities … could become a valuable backup to Kevin Houser in the area of snapping.

1997 Season: Redshirted the 1997 season as a true freshman.

Personal: Is the son of Ohio State offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Mike Jacobs and Judy Jacobs … played high school football at Maumee High School … born May 9, 1979.

Just sayin': He deserves his own thread.

 

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Congrats to Mike Jacobs

Congratulations to former OSU football player Mike Jacobs for becoming the head football coach at FCS Mercer University in Georgia. Previously, Jacobs had great success as head football coach at DII schools, Notre Dame (Euclid, OH) and Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory, NC).

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CONGRATS TO MIKE JACOBS​

Congratulations to former OSU football player Mike Jacobs for becoming the head football coach at FCS Mercer University in Georgia. Previously, Jacobs had great success as head football coach at DII schools, Notre Dame (Euclid, OH) and Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory, NC).

Skull Session: Ohio State Wins the Winter Transfer Portal Window, Seth Towns is a Standout at Howard and Mercer Hires Former Ohio State Lineman Mike Jacobs As Head Coach

The Buckeyes win the winter transfer portal window, Seth Towns is a star at Howard and Mercer hires former Ohio State offensive lineman Mike Jacobs as head coach.

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CLIMBING THE RANKS. In January, Mercer — the school made famous for its men’s basketball team’s 78-71 upset win over Duke in the 2014 NCAA Tournament — hired former Ohio State offensive lineman Mike Jacobs as its next head football coach.



“My family and I are humbled to be joining the Mercer University Football family,” Jacobs said in the program’s press release. “Mercer is an elite institution that has competed at the highest level both on the field and in the classroom. We look forward to immersing ourselves in both the campus community and the city of Macon. Go Bears!”

The son of former Ohio State offensive coordinator Michael T. Jacobs, Mike Jacobs was a center, guard, and long snapper for the Buckeyes from 1997-2001. A walk-on for three seasons, Jacobs earned a scholarship in 2000 and started at long snapper for the final 24 games of his collegiate career.

In 2002, Jacobs started his coaching career as an assistant at Eastern Michigan. Over the next 14 seasons, Jacobs spent time as either an offensive line coach or defensive line coach at Wilmington (2004), Purdue (2005-07), PennWest California (2008-13) and Ohio’s Notre Dame College (2014-15).

Jacobs became Notre Dame College’s head coach in 2016. Across four years in the role, he led the Falcons to a 42-8 record and two appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Jacobs then moved to Lenoir-Rhyne, where he collected a 32-9 record and two NCAA Division II playoff appearances from 2020-23.

With a combined 74-17 record in eight seasons, Jacobs boasts the sixth-best winning percentage among active coaches at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.

Is that good?

Yeah, that’s good.

These FCS teams don’t know what’s about to hit them.

Cheers to Coach Jacobs. I hope he continues to make Buckeye Nation proud.