Jay Jacobs - Former Auburn Athletic Director on life decisions, kingdom work and being Bo Jackson's teammate
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🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Jay Jacobs was the Athletic Director at Auburn University from 2004-2018. During his tenure with the Tigers, he was part of Auburn's undefeated football program in 2010 that won the national championship, beating Oregon 22-19.
After his time came to end at Auburn, Jacobs moved to the University of Florida, where he was the Gators' Executive Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs from 2018-2023. He retired from his role at Florida on June 30, 2023.
Today on the podcast, Jay Jacobs shares about his decision to retire from Florida, playing college football with Bo Jackson at Auburn, how he has lived his faith in Jesus out at the work place, overcoming adversity and the importance of foster parenting.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up on Sports Spectrum today, Jay Jacobs is our guest. He is a former Florida |
| 0:05.4 | Gator Auburn Tiger executive. He was the athletic director with Auburn University for 15 |
| 0:13.8 | years in 2005 to 2018. He was with Florida, recently the Florida Gators, as the executive associate athletics director for |
| 0:22.6 | external affairs. It's a fancy title, but he was working basically as an AD, as an athletic director |
| 0:28.4 | for the last five years and then ultimately decided to say, you know what, it's time to move on. |
| 0:33.5 | It's time to retire from this job. And Jay, I don't know. |
| 0:42.9 | I met him back in June at a conference, Christians working in sports conference. |
| 0:46.1 | And I was just so impressed in talking to him. |
| 0:48.7 | I felt like there was a lot of wisdom there. |
| 0:51.4 | And just spending some time with him, I said, you know what? |
| 0:55.1 | I need to have him on this podcast and tell his story. So I think you're going to really love it. Jay was a part of Auburn University in that |
| 0:59.6 | 2010 season when they won the BCS National Championship, Cam Newton at the quarterback position, |
| 1:06.0 | Gene Chiswick as the head coach. So Jay's seen a lot of success on the field, but ultimately it's what are you doing |
| 1:12.8 | off the field? There's some great conversation here about handling adversity, making life decisions, |
| 1:18.0 | doing kingdom work. Even foster parenting is something that Jay and his wife have had a heart for. |
| 1:24.7 | Jay also played college football at Auburn and was blocking for none other than |
| 1:29.9 | Bo Jackson. So of course, we talked about Bo Jackson. And what does Bo know, right? Bo knows everything. |
| 1:35.8 | If you grew up in the 80s, Bo Jackson was the guy. Jay Jacobs blocked for Bo Jackson in college |
| 1:41.6 | at Auburn. Lots of great conversation here with Jay. |
| 1:44.5 | First, quickly I want to tell you about our Sports Spectrum magazine |
| 1:47.0 | and remind you that you can get 15% off a one-year subscription |
| 1:51.1 | exclusive to people who listen to this podcast. |
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