THE JACOBS FILE

PERSONAL

Year in Coaching: 13th in 2026
Year at K-State: First in 2026
Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Education: Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016 (Bachelor's in Kinesiology-Exercise Science); LSU, 2019 (Master's in Kinesiology-Pedagogy and Psychological
Wife: Alyssa
Children: Beau, Fitzgerald, Milo

COACHING EXPERIENCE

2014-16: Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Student Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
2016-17: LSU (Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
2018-19: LSU (Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning)
2020-21: LSU (Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning)
2022-23: Duke (Associate Director of Football Strength and Conditioning/Director of Football Applied Sports Science)
2024-25: Texas A&M (Associate Director of Football Strength and Conditioning/Director of Football Applied Sports Science)
2026: K-State (Director of Strength and Conditioning)

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE

2021: Texas Bowl (LSU)
2022: Military Bowl (Duke)
2023: Birmingham Bowl (Duke)
2024: Las Vegas Bowl (Texas A&M)
2025: College Football Playoff (Texas A&M)

An Army veteran who has worked at three Power 4 schools since 2016, Jeremy Jacobs is in his first season as Kansas State’s Director of Strength and Conditioning.

Jacobs comes to Manhattan after working the last two seasons at Texas A&M as the Associate Director of Football Strength and Conditioning and Director of Football Applied Sports Science. While in College Station, Jacobs helped the Aggies earn a combined 19-7 record with a trip to the 2024 Las Vegas Bowl and 2025 College Football Playoff.

Prior to his time at Texas A&M, Jacobs held the same titles at Duke for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. He helped the Blue Devils go 16-9 over those two seasons, both resulting in bowl victories.

Jacobs served a six-year stint at LSU from 2016 to 2021 in a variety of roles. He concluded his time at LSU as the associate director of strength and conditioning for football in 2020 and 2021, while he also served as a strength and conditioning coach (2018-19) and graduate assistant coach (2016-17).

While in Baton Rouge, Jacobs wrote all aspects of the speed and conditioning program and FRC/mobility program. He was also responsible for all aspects of the team’s perch velocity-based training system by creating daily, mesocycle, and macrocycle force/velocity and tonnage reports. In addition, he assisted in the creation of all GPS reporting to the coaching staff, sports medicine staff, and strength staff.

Jacobs spent the 2014 through 2016 seasons working as a student assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. During his time with the Panthers, he assisted the head strength and conditioning coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach in training all men’s and woman’s teams. Additionally, Jacobs provided coaching on techniques and mechanics of strength, mobility, agility, power and cardiovascular training.

Before working in college athletics, Jacobs was the vice president for the non-profit Wisconsin Weightlifting organization in 2015 and 2016, while he was a coach/co-owner of Milwaukee Barbell from 2012 thought 2016.

Jacobs earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology – exercise science from Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2016. He obtained a master’s degree in kinesiology – pedagogy and psychological from LSU in 2018.

Jacobs is a veteran of the United States Army, having spent time as a team leader from 2003 to 2007. During his tenure in the military, he was directly in charge of educating, training and supervising personnel on all tactics, standard operating procedures (SOP) and weapon systems. He served combat rotations to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Jacobs owns certifications as a strength and conditioning specialist and strength and conditioning coach from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), respectively. He is also a Level 1 USA weightlifting sports performance coach and a functional range conditioning specialist. In addition, he is CPR/AED/First Aid certified.

Jacobs and his wife, Alyssa, have a daughter, Beau, and son, Fitzgerald.