Jake Jacoby Position: Assistant Coach / Jumps Experience: 3rd season at U of L Alma Mater: Boise State '85

Jake Jacoby is in his third season as the jumps coach for the University of Louisville track and field program. Jacoby, who oversees the U of L jumpers, arrived in Louisville after serving four seasons as an assistant with the Boise State track and field program.

During his tenure in the coaching ranks, he has coached two NCAA champions, 10 NCAA All-Americans, 15 NCAA event qualifiers, 22 NCAA regional qualifiers, 13 individual BIG EAST champions, 12 individual WAC champions, 10 UofL school record holders and four Boise State record holders.

In 2007, Jacoby coached the Cards' "Black-Belt" duo of Andre Black and Tone Belt to the NCAA indoor triple and long jump titles, the program's first ever NCAA event champions. Black and Belt led the Cards to a 10th-place finish in the nation indoors, while adding runner-up finishes in those same events outdoors to lead the men to a school-record seventh-place finish in the nation. The duo also combined to win three conference titles at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships as U of L won its first ever conference team title. Jacoby closed the season by being named National Men's Jumps Coach of the Year by the US Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association.

In his first season in 2006, Jacoby was very instrumental in the development of Belt, who won the silver medal in the long jump at the World Junior Championships, as well as the significant improvement in the performance of 2006 NCAA All-American Kelley Bowman. Prior to arriving at UofL, Jacoby was key in Boise State's 2004 conference title and also coached 2004 Bahamian National Champion (triple jump) Kenny Johnson.

Jacoby was also a standout student-athlete at Boise State becoming the school's first national champion in track and field winning the NCAA high jump title in 1984 as well as earning All-American honors all four years he competed. He brings a combined 26 years of experience in the sport of track and field as a coach and athlete.

A 1985 graduate of Boise State, Jacoby's all-time collegiate mark in the high jump was 7 feet, 6 inches (2.29m) in 1984, which continues to be the Boise State outdoor record. He is an eight-time Big Sky Conference champion winning the high jump title seven times. Jacoby's name is also etched in the Big Sky Conference record books. In 1983, Jacoby ran a time of 7.14 in the 55-meter hurdles, which continues to be the all-time mark in the league.

Along with being successful at the collegiate level in the high jump, Jacoby did the same at the international level for several years. Jacoby participated in three U.S. Olympic Trials finishing sixth twice (1984 and 1988) and ninth in 1992. He was a member of the U.S. team in 1989 placing seventh at the World Championships with a jump of 7-5.75. In 1987 he was an alternate on the United States team to the World Championships. His all-time indoor high jump mark is 7-7.25 (2.32m), while his personal best outdoors is 7-7 (2.31m).

Prior to joining the Bronco coaching staff, Jacoby was an assistant track and field coach at Eagle High School in Idaho where his jumpers won three state titles.