Harvard University

Drew Jacobs, who joined the Harvard Football coaching staff as an assistant coach in May of 2023, enters his third season in 2025, tutoring the safeties.

Jacobs' second season on campus ended with the program's second straight Ivy League championship. The safeties, meanwhile, were part of a defense that ranked 23rd in the FCS in scoring defense and 30th in rushing defense, and were led by Ty Bartrum. The 2024 All-Ivy League First Team choice earned an invitation to New York City as one of three finalists for the Bushnell Cup (Ivy Defensive Player of the Year). 

In Year 1 with the Crimson, Jacobs coached a pair of All-Ivy League honorees in Bartrum (second team) and Kaleb Moody (honorable mention), and enjoyed a season that ended in a conference championship. The all-league duo helped Harvard finish the 2023 campaign ranked 18th nationally, and first in the Ivy, in interceptions, while guiding the Crimson to a No. 20 ranking in scoring defense.
 
Before arriving at Harvard, Jacobs was on staff at Trinity College, where he coached the team's cornerbacks. In two seasons in Hartford, Connecticut, Jacobs helped the Bantams post a 17-1 record, including the program's first 9-0 campaign in 2022, and capture the '22 NESCAC title.
 
In his role at Trinity, Jacobs, in addition to tutoring the cornerbacks, ran the offensive scout team at practice and recruited the southeast region of the United States. Under his watch last season, Jacobs helped Aidan Kennedy earn All-NESCAC first-team accolades, while assisting a defensive unit that was tops in the conference and No. 9 in the nation in scoring defense (10.8).
 
Prior to his stint in New England, Jacobs spent one season at Western Michigan as an offensive quality control coach, with his primary focus on the Broncos' wide receivers and tight ends. During his stint in Kalamazoo, Jacobs was part of an offensive staff that helped WMU score 41.7 points per outing, which ranked 10^th in the FBS (2020). Jacobs also coached a pair of NFL Draft picks in wideouts D'Wayne Eskridge and Skyy Moore, both of whom went in the second round. Eskridge finished the season ranked fourth nationally in receiving yards per game (130.7) and yards per catch (23.06), with teammate Jaylen Hall leading the country in yards per catch (26.92).
 
Before coaching full-time at the collegiate level, Jacobs worked at Boston College and for a pair of NFL teams in the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns. From May 2018-June 2019, Jacobs was an advance scout and recruiting assistant for the Eagles in Chestnut Hill. Following that experience, he transitioned to the Vikings as a scouting assistant (July 2019-June 2020), creating scouting reports, player evaluations and organizing free agent workouts. Jacobs then moved from the NFC North to the AFC North, working for the Browns as a game charter (August 2020-October 2020; January 2021-March 2021), focusing on college games and players.
 
Jacobs, who played football at Middlebury College, graduated cum laude and earned his bachelor's degree in history, while minoring in Spanish. He later graduated with honors in public policy, completing Trinity's master's program in the summer of 2022.