Ethan Jacobsen

Biography

Ethan Jacobsen joined the UNI swimming and diving coaching staff ahead of the 2023-24 season as an assistant swim coach. Jacobsen, a 2014 UNI graduate and Normal, Illinois native, returns to Cedar Falls after five seasons coaching at Missouri State. In the last three seasons with the Bears, Jacobsen coached three Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) women’s champions, including Anna Miller, who became Missouri State’s first-ever swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Miller, along with teammate Libby Howell earned MVC Swimmer of the Year honors in 2021 and 2022 respectively. On the men’s side, Jacobsen was part of two runner-up finishes (2021, 2023) and a third place finish (2022) with the Bears at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships. During that three-year span, he coached 2022 MAC Swimmer of the Year Dylan Moffatt, as well as the conference’s most outstanding senior three straight years with Michael Clauch (2021), Pawel Krawczyk (2022) and Tyler Lewis (2023). The 2019-20 season was historic for Jacobsen and the Bears, who swept both the MVC women’s and MAC men’s team titles. The Missouri State women earned their fourth straight and 16th overall championships with seven individual and three relay wins to finish the meet with 826.5 points. On the men’s side, the Bears were just as dominant at the MAC Championship meet, winning ten conference titles with senior Antonio Thomas being recognized as the MAC’s Co-Swimmer of the Year and Most Outstanding Senior. In h