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Reports: Utah State Reaches Agreement with Next Men’s Basketball Head Coach
Ben Jacobson leaves after 20 seasons and 397 wins at Northern Iowa to lead Utah State as it joins the Pac-12 next year, aiming for bigger NCAA success.
- On Monday, Utah State finalized a five-year contract to hire Northern Iowa men's basketball coach Ben Jacobson, ending his 20-year tenure with the Panthers where he recorded 397 wins.
- Jacobson succeeds Jerrod Calhoun, who departed for the University of Cincinnati earlier this month, leaving Northern Iowa searching for a new coach for the first time in two decades.
- Utah State athletic director Cameron Walker, who arrived in September, leveraged nearly $4 million in buyout funds owed by Calhoun and Cincinnati to secure the hire.
- Northern Iowa averaged nearly 20 wins per season during Jacobson's tenure and won four regular-season championships, marking a significant institutional loss as the program begins its search.
- Next year, Utah State transitions into the Pac-12, which is adding Gonzaga and San Diego State after most league members departed for the Big Ten or Big 12 two years ago.
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Mayville native Ben Jacobson leaving Northern Iowa after 25 years to accept Utah State job
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — After a quarter-century with the Northern Iowa basketball program, including the final 20 seasons as head coach, Ben Jacobson has resigned to accept the head coaching position at Utah State. The deal Utah State used to lure Jacobson away from a program where he has won 397 games and won berths in the NCAA Tournament five times came together quickly over the past five days. Jacobson, who had turned down previous offers to leav…
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Utah State hires Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson to be its men's basketball coach
Utah State has hired longtime Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson to be its men’s basketball coach. Utah State announced Monday that Jacobson agreed to a five-year deal with the Aggies.
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