Wayne Jacobs (born 3 February 1969) is an English

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coach and former professional player who is an assistant manager at

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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

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Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

and

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

Coaching career

On 29 June 2007, it was announced that Jacobs would be returning to Bradford as assistant manager under

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, 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

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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

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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

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and head coach

. 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

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.

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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 {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub