By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Cedar Falls — UNI head men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson has signed a contract extension that locks up the four-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year through the end of the 2028-29 season.
Jacobson is the winningest coach in UNI history with 301 victories and a .605 winning percentage.
Under his guidance, the Panthers have earned three regular-season MVC titles, including the 2019-2020 season and four Arch Madness championships.
During Jacobson’s tenure, two Panthers, Adam Koch and A. J. Green were named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Koch also earned the prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.
UNI men’s basketball ended the spring 2021 semester with a 3.10 team GPA.