Richard L. Jacob Ph.D. (born September 24, 1958, in

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), is a sports coach and professor. He graduated from Niagara Catholic High School and Eisenhower College and obtained master's degrees in

physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explora ...

and educational counseling at

Canisius College Canisius College is a private Jesuit college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master' ...

and Niagara University, respectively. He later received his doctorate from

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in school/educational psychology. In November 2006, he became interim chair of the business department at

Medaille College Medaille University is a private university in Buffalo, New York. The Sisters of St. Joseph founded Medaille in 1937. Medaille serves roughly 1,600 students from Western New York and Southern Ontario. Campuses Medaille's main campus is in Buff ...

. He currently is a professor of sport psychology at Medaille and is the head of the college's

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program. In his career as a coach, he has worked both at the collegiate and professional ranks. He was head coach of Buffalo's

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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

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. Jacob was then named the head coach for the Buffalo Stampede, but soon resigned for personal reasons. He has also coached at the collegiate level, with positions at

Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. Appro ...

Niagara County Community College Niagara County Community College (NCCC) is a public community college in Sanborn, New York, in Niagara County. NCCC offers associate degrees and was founded on November 8, 1962 and is sponsored by Niagara County. It is part of the State Univ ...

, the

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Daemen College Daemen University is a private university in Amherst, New York and Brooklyn, New York. Formerly Daemen College and Rosary Hill College, the now-nondenominational school was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis in 1947. As of fall 2020, 2,536 s ...

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, and Medaille.

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Biography at Medaille.eduBiography from Medaille Sport Management
1958 births American Basketball Association (2000–present) coaches Basketball coaches from New York (state) Eisenhower College alumni Canisius College alumni Living people Sportspeople from Niagara Falls, New York University at Buffalo alumni {{US-basketball-coach-stub