For the American politician and attorney, see Richard Taylor Jacob. For people with a similar name, see Richard Jacobs.
Richard Jacob
Jacob in 2009
Buffalo eXtreme
Position
Head coach
League
ABA
Personal information
Born
(1958-09-24) September 24, 1958 (age 65) Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
Career information
High school
Niagara Catholic
College
NCCC (1976–1978)
Playing career
1976–1978
Position
Point guard
Number
20
Coaching career
1980–2024
Career history
As player:
1976–1978
NCCC
As coach:
1980–1981
La Salle (JV)
1981–1982
Niagara (graduate assistant)
1982–1983
Daemen
1983–1987
University at Buffalo (assistant)
1987–1989
Daemen
1989–1991
Villa Maria
1993–1995
NCCC
1996–2004
Medaille
2004–2005
Buffalo State (assistant)
2005–2006
Buffalo Rapids
2008
Buffalo Sharks
2008
Buffalo Stampede
2010–2017
ECC (assistant)
2017–2021
Park School
2023–present
Buffalo eXtreme
Career highlights and awards
As player:
NJCAA Region III champion (1978)
As coach:
2× CHSAA Class A champion (2018, 2019)
New York State Class A champion (2018)
Centercourt Coach of the Year (2018)
2× NJCAA Region III champion (2011, 2012)
NEAC champion (2004)
NEAC Coach of the Year (2004)
NJCAA Penn-York Coach of the Year (1990)
Career coaching record
ABA
26–21 (.553)
College
164–230 (.416)
High school
68–14 (.829)
Medals
Head coach for Western Region
Empire State Games
1989 Ithaca
Richard L. Jacob (born September 24, 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York), is an American basketball coach and educator. He is head coach of the Buffalo eXtreme of the American Basketball Association, and also sport management consultant for Villa Maria College.
Jacob won an NEAC championship at the collegiate level, and has been awarded Coach of the Year honors by both NEAC and NJCAA. For his work at Medaille College, he was named NSCAA Athletic Director of the Year. At the high school level he captured the New York State Class A championship, multiple CHSAA championships, and was awarded Centercourt Coach of the Year.
Jacob was head coach of New York State's Western Region team, leading them to a silver medal in the Empire State Games.
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