Jeri Jacobson enters her fifth season as assistant coach for the Vandals after joining program in 2015. Jacobson works primarily with the Vandals guards/wings and assist with a variety of duties including overseeing the team’s academics, social media accounts, assists with scouting, video coordinator, oversees equipment and organizing team travel. She also organizes the team’s annual Tip-Off Dinner fundraiser and manages the Fast Break Club, a group of Vandal fans who support the women’s basketball team through their time and financial consideration.
In her five seasons on the bench, Idaho has gone 84-15 (.622) and made an NCAA Tournament appearance, an WBI appearance and 2 WNIT appearances. The Vandals has also captured a Big Sky conference championship (2015 ) and regular-season title in 2019.
Jacobson's work with the guards produced two of Idaho's most prolific shooter, the Splash Sisters, Mikayla Ferenz and Taylor Peirce. In their careers, both rose to the top of the national charts as the top three three-point shooters in women's basketball. Ferenz holds the record for all-time leading scoring for both the BIg Sky Conference and Idaho with 2,466 career points. Pierce hold the NCAA record for threes made per game with 4.53, while draining a career and Idaho best 472 triples.
On the academic side, the Vandals were named the number six team in the nation in the 2018 WBCA Top 25 Academic Honor Roll under her oversight. Also under her supervision, Ferenz became the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division I Women's Basketball, a first in the program.
Prior to her arrival at Idaho, Jacobson spent the 2014-2015 season as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of North Dakota. Her coaching career started at her alma mater, Upper Iowa University, where she was a graduate assistant from 2012-2014.
While at North Dakota, Jacobson was involved in an array of day-to-day operations of the program. She organized team travel and summer camps as well as maintained the yearly budget. She also oversaw the team’s community service and was the marketing liaison.Â
Prior to UND, she spent two seasons at Upper Iowa as a Graduate Assistant. Her duties included: overseeing the strength and conditioning and player development programs with both guards and posts, organizing team travel, film exchange, marketing, community service and served as the team’s academic liaison. While at Upper Iowa, the Peacocks were named the number one team in the nation in the WBCA Top 25 Academic Honor Roll under her supervision.
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Jacobson’s playing career started at Central Wyoming College where she played two seasons and was named to the All-Wyoming Community College Athletic Conference team. She led her team to a 20-10 overall record and a semifinal berth in the Region 9 tournament as a sophomore. She then continued her playing career, transferring to Upper Iowa University for her last two years.
Jacobson graduated from Upper Iowa in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry. She went on to earn a master’s degree in higher education administration with an emphasis in leadership from UIU in 2015.
