GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jay Jacobs, the previous Auburn athletic director who has been serving as Florida‘s affiliate AD for exterior affairs, is formally retiring following practically 4 many years in faculty athletics.
The 62-year-old Jacobs spent 13 years as Auburn’s athletic director and received the 2010 nationwide championship in soccer with coach Gene Chizik and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton.
“It is bittersweet,” Jacobs informed The Related Press. “Made some nice relationships through the years. It is powerful to go away, however it’ll be enjoyable what I am about to do no matter the place I am at geographically.”
Jacobs spent the previous 5 years on the College of Florida overseeing communications, advertising and marketing, ticketing, licensing, boosters and serving as the game administrator for Florida’s soccer program, which completed 6-7 every of the previous two seasons.
He plans to remain shut to varsity athletics in retirement, presumably serving as a guide or pursuing one other behind-the-scenes endeavor.
“It sounds terrible to say, however I do not need any necessities,” Jacobs mentioned. “I do not wish to have to point out up someplace persistently. I wish to simply see what that is like for a few months not having to try this. It will be an adjustment as a result of I do not know every other life than this.”
A former walk-on offensive lineman at Auburn, he grew to become Auburn’s 14th AD in 2005, and his 13-year run stays the third-longest tenure at school historical past.
Auburn claimed 12 nationwide championships throughout 5 sports activities throughout his watch, none extra memorable than beating Oregon 22-19 after the 2010 soccer season in Arizona. His notable hires included males’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl and soccer coaches Chizik and Gus Malzahn, who led the Tigers to the nationwide title sport following the 2013 season.
