Richard Jacob

Richard L. Jacob Ph.D. (born September 24, 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York), is a sports coach and professor.

For the American politician and attorney, see Richard Taylor Jacob. For people with a similar name, see Richard Jacobs (disambiguation).

He graduated from Niagara Catholic High School and Eisenhower College and obtained master's degrees in physical education and educational counseling at Canisius College and Niagara University, respectively. He later received his doctorate from SUNY Buffalo in school/educational psychology.

In November 2006, he became interim chair of the business department at Medaille College. He currently is a professor of sport psychology[1] at Medaille and is the head of the college's Sport Management program.

In his career as a coach, he has worked both at the collegiate and professional ranks. He was head coach of Buffalo's Buffalo Rapids basketball team from 2005 to 2006. He was named the General Manager and Head Coach of the new Buffalo Sharks team in 2008, before that team closed and moved to the Premier Basketball League.[2] Jacob was then named the head coach for the Buffalo Stampede, but soon resigned for personal reasons.[3] He has also coached at the collegiate level, with positions at Niagara University, Niagara County Community College, the University at Buffalo, Villa Maria College, Daemen College, Buffalo State College, and Medaille.

References
  1. "Richard L. Jacob | Medaille University". www.medaille.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. Medaille College News » Blog Archive » Sport Management Sponsors International Basketball Exhibition Game
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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