Wayne Jacobs (born 3 February 1969) is an English
football
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coach and former professional player who is an assistant manager at
Sheffield Wednesday
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under
Darren Moore
Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of Sheffield Wednesday.
Born in England, he earned two international caps for Jamaica. Moore is a ...
.
Career
Playing career
During his career he played for
Sheffield Wednesday
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,
Hull City
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,
Rotherham United
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,
Bradford City
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Th ...
and
Halifax Town
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.
Coaching career
On 29 June 2007, it was announced that Jacobs would be returning to Bradford as assistant manager under
Stuart McCall
Andrew Stuart Murray McCall (born 10 June 1964) is a professional football coach and former player. He is assistant manager at Sheffield United.
McCall played in a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches for Scotla ...
, and on 8 February 2010 he took over as manager in a temporary capacity when McCall departed. He was assistant manager under former England under 21 manager
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
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but was put on gardening leave in February 2011, following Taylor's departure. Following the appointment of Darren Moore as caretaker Head Coach at
West Bromwich Albion
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, Jacobs was given a position on the club's coaching staff in an unofficial and part-time capacity. However subsequent to Moore being given the job full-time, Jacobs was appointed second assistant head coach on 5 September 2018, serving alongside first assistant head coach
Graeme Jones
Graeme Anthony Jones (born 13 March 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player who works as the joint assistant at Newcastle United along with Jason Tindall.
His playing career, which spanned the years 1991 to 2006, ...
and head coach
Darren Moore
Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of Sheffield Wednesday.
Born in England, he earned two international caps for Jamaica. Moore is a ...
. On 9 March 2019, Moore was sacked as manager and Jacobs left together with him.
On 4 March, Darren Moore confirmed that Jacobs had joined
Sheffield Wednesday
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as an assistant manager to work alongside
Jamie Smith.
Outside of football
Wayne Jacobs founded the charity One In A Million which helps disadvantaged children in the city of Bradford. The One in a Million charity has also opened a free school in the city, in September 2013.
He is a Christian.
References
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Living people
1969 births
Association football fullbacks
Footballers from Sheffield
English footballers
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Rotherham United F.C. players
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
Bradford City A.F.C. managers
Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff
West Bromwich Albion F.C. non-playing staff
English football managers
English Christians
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. non-playing staff
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