Coaches

Mike Jacobs

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

Head coach, Toledo · Played at Ohio State 1997-2001 · alma mater (CFBD): Ohio State

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
2002-2003	Eastern Michigan	GA	GA	Jeff Woodruff
2004	Wilmington	Position	OL	not known
2005-2007	Purdue	GA	GA	Joe Tiller
2008-2013	California (PA)	Position	DL	not known
2014	Notre Dame (OH)	Position	DL	not known
2015	Notre Dame (OH) (DC) (unknown)	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2016-2019	Notre Dame (OH)	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2020-2023	Lenoir Rhyne	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2024-2025	Mercer	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
2026-	Toledo	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
2024	Mercer (FCS)	11-3	- → -	78	2	-	69% wins	129
2025	Mercer (FCS)	9-3	- → -	11	37	-	79% wins	129
2026	Toledo	8-2	- → -	42	6	2.7	62% wins	138

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
2016	Notre Dame	Division II	9-2
2017	Notre Dame	Division II	8-3
2018	Notre Dame	Division II	13-1
2019	Notre Dame	Division II	12-2
2020	Lenoir–Rhyne	Division II	3-1
2021	Lenoir–Rhyne	Division II	8-3
2022	Lenoir–Rhyne	Division II	8-3
2023	Lenoir–Rhyne	Division II	13-2

Coaches who were on his staffs

On his staffs · 2