Jeff Jacobs

  • Title
    Head Assistant Coach & Assistant to the Athletic Director
  • Email
    jjacobs@stevens.edu
  • Phone
    201-216-8090
  • Year
    Second Season

Jeff Jacobs joined the Stevens wrestling staff as head assistant coach prior to the 2012-13 season following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Delaware Valley College. In addition to his coaching duties, Jacobs serves as Assistant to the Director of Athletics, assisting Russell Rogers in a variety of different tasks within the Department of Athletics including compliance and promotions. 

In his first season at Stevens, Jacobs was instrumental in the Ducks' 11 wins and second-place placement in the Centennial Conference. The New Jersey native guided the Ducks to wins over No. 6 TCNJ and No. 24 NYU also also helped senior Ryan Dormann reach the NCAA's for a fourth time. He also assisted in keeping the Ducks as one of the top teams in the national academically.

While at Delaware Valley, Jacobs helped the team to a 16th-place finish in the nation, producing four NCAA All-American, two Academic All-Americans and nine Dean’s List honorees in the Spring 2012 semester along the way.

"I am very excited and honored to be working at Stevens with such high-caliber student-athletes and an outstanding coaching staff," Jacobs said.  "I am fully committed to assisting the coaching staff in every capacity, to help the student-athletes reach their goals both academically and athletically."

Jacobs has worked with the East Stroudsburg University athletic event staff and served as the Delaware Valley Assistant Coordinator of Intramurals. 

During his wrestling career, Jacobs was a three-year Varsity letter winner and served as a senior captain of his team at East Stroudsburg, where he won the Division 2 Super Region 1 Championship and qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships.  He also served on the ESU Athletics Captains Council.

A 2011 graduate of East Stroudsburg with a bachelor of science degree in sport management and minor in business management, he completed his M.B.A. while at Delaware Valley in 2013.