Chris Jacobs served as director of men’s basketball operations from 2011-16 under head coach Brian Gregory after serving seven years as assistant director of operations under head coach Paul Hewitt.
The native of Arlington Heights, Ill., handled day-to-day operations for the men’s basketball program, including team travel, equipment, apparel, scheduling, budget and compliance matters.
As assistant director of operations, Jacobs also coordinated the team’s summer camps and coaching clinics, implemented and ran the Coaches Club and its related fund-raising initiatives. Before assuming that full-time position, Jacobs was a graduate assistant while working on his master’s degree at Georgia State.
Prior to arriving at Georgia Tech, Jacobs spent two seasons (2000-02) as an assistant coach at Division II LeMoyne, and prior to that served one year as an administrative assistant for the men’s basketball staff at Northwestern.
A 1999 graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jacobs earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration there and played two seasons of varsity basketball. He received his master’s in sports administration from Georgia State in May of 2004.
Jacobs and his wife Lisa have a daughter, Hannah, and a son, Ryan.
