Ben Jacobson
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Northern Iowa |
| Conference | MVC |
| Record | 234–134 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 16, 1970 Mayville, North Dakota |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | North Dakota |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–2000 | North Dakota (asst.) |
| 2000–2001 | North Dakota State (asst.) |
| 2001–2006 | Northern Iowa (asst.) |
| 2006–present | Northern Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 234–134 |
| Tournaments |
NCAA: 4–4 NIT: 1–1 CIT: 4–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× MVC regular season championship (2009, 2010) 4× MVC Tournament championship (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× MVC Coach of the Year (2009, 2010, 2015) | |
Ben Scott Jacobson (born December 16, 1970) is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since 2006. He served as an assistant at North Dakota, North Dakota State, and Northern Iowa before taking over as head coach at Northern Iowa in 2006.
Jacobson attended Mayville-Portland high school. After his senior year he was named 1989's North Dakota Mr. Basketball. Jacobson went on to play collegiately at the University of North Dakota from 1989-1993. He was a four-year letterman for the Sioux, a two-year starter, and he ended his career as the school's all-time assist leader. UND made two Division 2 Elite Eight appearances and four regional appearances, along with winning two conference championships, during his career. He was team captain in 1991-92 and 1992–93, was named to the NCC's All-Academic Team in 1993, and was a player representative to UND's letterwinner's association from 1991-93.
Jacobson's biggest coaching accomplishment was in 2009–10, when the Panthers made a run into the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament highlighted by an upset of top national seed Kansas. ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde called the Panthers' win "the biggest tourney upset in years," and called the clinching shot by Panthers guard Ali Farokhmanesh "the greatest early-round shot in NCAA tournament history."
In March 2010, Jacobson signed a 10-year extension with UNI. The contract guarantees the coach $450,000 a year with annual increases of $25,000 through the length of the contract.
In the 2010-11 season, Jacobson led the Panthers to their eighth consecutive 18-plus win season, third straight postseason bid and a Valley-leading third straight 20-plus win season.
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