Jay Jacobs has served as Auburn University’s Director of Athletics since December 22, 2004. Jacobs was named to the position after working in almost every area of the Auburn Athletics Department for the previous 20 years. Jacobs served as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Tigers Unlimited immediately prior to his appointment as Director of Athletics.

Jacobs grew up just 20 miles from Auburn in LaFayette. He later moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he attended high school. Jacobs returned to Auburn for college and was a football team walk-on. Jacobs went on to earn two letters as an offensive tackle in 1982 and 1983. As a senior, he started for the SEC Championship Tigers that finished the season ranked third nationally.

After one season as a coach at Lee-Scott Academy in Auburn, Jacobs returned to his alma mater in 1985 as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. After serving two seasons as a graduate assistant football coach, Jacobs was named Conditioning Coach, a position he held from 1988-1991.

In 1991, he became an Assistant Athletics Director. Three years later, he was promoted to Associate Athletics Director of Operations, overseeing a variety of support functions in the Athletics Department. Jacobs then served as Senior Associate Athletics Director in charge of Tigers Unlimited from 2001-2005.

Jacobs earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in business administration from Auburn in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He is married to the former Angie Sapp of Dublin, Georgia. The couple has three daughters, Haley, Meagan, and Jayne.