Amber Jacobs (born June 29, 1982) is a former professional basketball player in the

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(WNBA), for the

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. She then became the assistant athletic director for Clarks Summit University and their head women's basketball coach. Prior to that, Jacobs was an assistant coach at the

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Island ...

women's basketball team under her former head coach at Boston College Cathy Inglese. After attending

Abington Heights High School Abington Heights High School is a moderate-sized public high school. It serves the boroughs of Clarks Green and Clarks Summit and the townships of Waverly Township, Glenburn Township, Newton Township, North Abington Township, Ransom Township ...

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, Jacobs attended college at

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and graduated in 2004. Following her collegiate career, she was selected as the 33rd overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft. Primarily as reserve in her first two seasons, Jacobs averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 assists per game. She became Lynx starting point guard in 2006 and averaged 8.2 points and 3.4 assists per game. With the acquisitions of rookies

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and

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, Jacobs returned to a reserve role in 2007. She appeared in 29 games, averaging 3.2 points and 1.4 assists in 11.3 minutes per game. During the WNBA offseason, Jacobs has served as an assistant coach with the

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women's basketball team for two years. She then spent a season in Ribera, Italy playing in the Italian League. During the off-season 2007–2008, Jacobs was a personal trainer in Florida. On March 17, 2008, the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...

signed Jacobs when the Minnesota Lynx did not match the offer sheet. On June 23, 2008, Jacobs was waived by the

. She was then signed by the

July 7, 2008. On July 29, 2008, Jacobs was waived by the

. On June 1, 2010, she was announced as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Clarks Summit University in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. In 2016, Jacobs was selected by Boston College to be their representative to the 12th Annual Class of "ACC Women's Basketball Legends."

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

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Playoffs

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Boston College statistics

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WNBA player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Amber 1982 births Living people American women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Boston College Eagles women's basketball players Los Angeles Sparks players Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players People from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania Point guards Washington Mystics players