Ben Jacobson
Ben Jacobson
Ben Scott Jacobsonis the head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since 2006. He served as an assistant at North Dakota, North Dakota State, and Northern Iowa before taking over as head coach at Northern Iowa in 2006...
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basketball coach continuing current excitement forward growth head high honored humbled level northern panther pieces players recruiting returning university
I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.
alone boost guys high huge iowa school tremendous
Iowa guys have done tremendous things in our program. To be able to get another Iowa high school player, let alone one from our backyard, is a huge boost for our program.
plans
We had a long talk, and I just told him the plans we had for him and our program.
conference focus winning
Our focus has been on winning the conference title.
worked
When I worked for him and when I worked for Mac, they really didn't give many orders. We worked together, and that's how this will be as well.
goal interested ncaa remain stay step
We're not interested in going back to where we were ... We want to stay where we're at, and take it one step further. Our goal will remain the same: to get to the NCAA tournament.
conference few games guys heads next seniors tied
We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. But our next few games are not going to be a cakewalk.
definitely main mean
We definitely want to advance. We feel that this is our main goal, and that it is very achievable. So we're here and we mean business.
basketball regardless
We're going to play in the postseason regardless of what we do. We think we've already done enough. We feel like we've got a lot of basketball to play.
athletic guard shoots three
He's big enough to play the three (small forward), but he shoots it well enough and he's athletic enough to play the two guard for us.
basketball iowa state
Basketball in the state of Iowa is probably at an all-time high.
home shoot
He's got his ball. He'll want to go home and shoot hoops. Things are the same as they were yesterday.
business coached division goes level played top treats
He has coached at the top level of Division II. More important, having played for him and coached with him, I know how he goes about his business and how he treats his players.
deserved guys terrible
I feel terrible for those guys that they didn't get in. They deserved to get in.