How does an Auburn walk-on eventually become the man leading Auburn Athletics?
In Episode 3 of Auburn Forever presented by Double B Ranch, former Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs continues his story with Casio Kid in Jay’s Journey Part 2.
After his playing days ended, Jay had no master plan to become an athletic director. His path took him from coaching at Lee-Scott Academy to working under Pat Dye, running Sewell Hall, strength and conditioning, athletic administration, fundraising and eventually leading Tigers Unlimited.
Jay shares stories from working with Auburn players and coaches, what he learned from Pat Dye and David Housel, why fundraising became one of his favorite jobs, and how years of seeing Auburn Athletics from nearly every angle prepared him for an opportunity he once never imagined.
Then Jay takes us inside the process of becoming Auburn’s Athletic Director in 2004, including multiple interviews, the phone call that changed his career, what his parents told him, and the responsibility he felt taking over the program he had loved his entire life.
Getting the job was one story. What happened after he got it is where a whole new chapter begins.
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