NAIA DIRT: Jacob no longer Head Basketball Coach at Oakwood University

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Simon Jacob is no longer the head men’s basketball coach and AD at NAIA Oakwood University (AL). There has not been an official announcement, but Jacob has been removed from the school’s directory, and his bio had been 404’d from the website. Jacob had been the head coach at Oakwood for the past ten seasons

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