He attended and graduated in 1979 [2] from Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida, but came back to Auburn for college.
In 1985, he was brought back to Auburn athletics as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the football team.
In 2001, he was named senior associate athletics director where he was in charge of Tigers Unlimited.
[10] The public perception of the 2008 coaching search was so negative [11] that it created a groundswell of opposition to Jacobs by many Auburn fans, students and alumni.
[12][13] However, Jacobs was later vindicated when Chizik, in his second year, won the 2011 BCS National Championship Game.