Jacob Kinzer Shell (February 14, 1862 — December 10, 1940) was an American college football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Swarthmore College form 1888 to 1898, compiling a record of 58–40–4.
[1] Shell was the athletic director at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1888 to 1901.
[2] He was also a founder of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
Shell died on December 10, 1940, in Philadelphia.