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Pitt Assistant Coach Takes New Job at Duquesne

The Pitt Panthers lost a defensive assistant.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Assistant Coach Takes New Job at Duquesne
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have lost a young assistant coach, who will now make the short trip down Fifth Avenue to work for Duquesne this season. 

Mickey Jacobs, who had spent the last four seasons with the Panthers, will join the Dukes as safeties coach and special teams coordinator, the program announced this week.

During his first two years, Jacobs was a recruiting assistant, helping Pitt land the likes of P.J. O'Brien, Gavin Bartholomew, Elliot Donald, Rodney Hammond, Javon McIntyre, Nahki Johnson, Nate Yarnell, Branson Taylor, Israel Abanikanda, Dayon Hayes, Bangally Kamara, Jordan Addison and many more. The 2021 class he helped bring to Pittsburgh was ranked 21st nationally by Rivals. 

Over the following two seasons, Jacobs served as a defensive graduate assistant, aiding the Panthers' aggressive defense as they won the 2021 ACC Championship, sent 10 defenders to the NFL Draft and saw defensive tackle Calijah Kancey win 2022 ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors. 

Jacobs, a native of Fox Chapel, played at Duquesne and interned on the program's strength and conditioning staff before being promoted to defensive quality control coach in 2018. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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