Mike Jacobs, baseball coach and athletics director (AD) at the University of Mobile (UM), has died at the age of 64.
A Mobile native, Jacobs founded the UM baseball program in 1990 and won 993 games in 30 seasons. He won seven conference championships and reached the NAIA World Series in 2001.
The baseball field at UM was named in Jacobs’ honor in 2011. In 2018 he was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Jacobs was named AD in June 2018.
In a statement UM President Lonnie Burnett called Jacobs a “legendary coach” and a “spiritual mentor to hundreds of players.”
“He was a kind and thoughtful person who went to great lengths to make others successful,” Burnett said.
Jacobs is survived by his wife, Joy, two sons and eight grandchildren. (UM)
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