Richard Jacob

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| birth_place = Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.

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| cteam1 = La Salle (JV)

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| cyears4 = 1983–1987

| cteam4 = University at Buffalo (assistant)

| cyears5 = 1987–1989

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| cyears6 = 1989–1991

| cteam6 = Villa Maria

| cyears7 = 1993–1995

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| cyears8 = 1996–2004

| cteam8 = Medaille

| cyears9 = 2004–2005

| cteam9 = Buffalo State (assistant)

| cyears10 = 2005–2006

| cteam10 = Buffalo Rapids

| cyears11 = 2008

| cteam11 = Buffalo Sharks

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| cteam12 = Buffalo Stampede

| cyears13 = 2010–2017

| cteam13 = ECC (assistant)

| cyears14 = 2017–2021

| cteam14 = Park School

| cyears15 = 2023–present

| cteam15 = Buffalo eXtreme

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NJCAA Region III champion (1978)

As coach:

2× CHSAA Class A champion (2018, 2019)
New York State Class A champion (2018)
Centercourt Coach of the Year (2018)
2× NJCAA Region III champion (2011, 2012)
NEAC champion (2004)
NEAC Coach of the Year (2004)
NJCAA Penn-York Coach of the Year (1990)

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Richard L. Jacob (born September 24, 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York), is an American basketball coach and educator. He is head coach of the Buffalo eXtreme of the American Basketball Association, and also sport management consultant for Villa Maria College.

Jacob won an NEAC championship at the collegiate level, and has been awarded Coach of the Year honors by both NEAC and NJCAA. For his work at Medaille College, he was named NSCAA Athletic Director of the Year. At the high school level he captured the New York State Class A championship, multiple CHSAA championships, and was awarded Centercourt Coach of the Year.

Jacob was head coach of New York State's Western Region team, leading them to a silver medal in the Empire State Games.

Early life

Richard L. Jacob was born on September 24, 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York, son of Angeline (née Pullo) and restaurateur Joseph Jacob.{{cite web | title=Joseph Jacob Obituary (2009) | website=Legacy.com | date=October 9, 2009 | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/joseph-jacob-obituary?id=28527773 | access-date=October 17, 2023}}

He graduated from Niagara Catholic High School in 1976, where he played basketball and was teammates with Scott Layden.{{cite web | last=Rodriguez | first=Miguel | title=Park names Rich Jacob as boys basketball coach | website=Buffalo News | date=August 18, 2017 | url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-school/park-names-rich-jacob-as-boys-basketball-coach/article_f8e65a98-90ac-57f5-8811-c91e802a1471.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Brady | first=Erik | title=LAST LAUGH FRANK LAYDEN AND HIS SON LEARNED THEIR CRAFT IN NIAGARA FALLS. NOW THEY RUNONE OF THE NBA'S TOP FRANCHISES. | website=Buffalo News | date=December 7, 1997 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/last-laugh-frank-layden-and-his-son-learned-their-craft-in-niagara-falls-now-they/article_09fc8347-130c-56c6-bdd6-cf5c9163f066.html | access-date=September 16, 2023}} Jacob graduated from Niagara County Community College with an associate's degree in arts and social sciences, playing for their 1977–78 men's basketball team which fell one game shy of a perfect season after losing the 1978 NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.{{cite web | title=The Buffalo Criterion 17 March 1988 | website=The NYS Historic Newspapers | date=March 17, 1988 | url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tbc19880317-01.1.3&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22richard+jacob%22+%22niagara+catholic%22--------- | access-date=September 16, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Harrington | first=Mike | title=JACOB TAKES JOB AS NIAGARA COUNTY CC BASKETBALL COACH AFTER MCCORRY RESIGNS | website=Buffalo News | date=September 17, 1993 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/jacob-takes-job-as-niagara-county-cc-basketball-coach-after-mccorry-resigns/article_ee47e02e-1c65-587c-bfb5-0dd74c8b9a1a.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}}{{cite web | title=NCCC Men's Basketball 40th Reunion | website=Niagara County Community College | date=May 1, 2020 | url=https://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/connections-fall2019/2017-18/reunion/ | access-date=August 23, 2023}}

Jacob then graduated from Eisenhower College with a bachelor's degree in psychology, later obtaining master's degrees in educational counseling and physical education at Niagara University and Canisius College, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Richard L. Jacob {{!}} Medaille University |url=https://www.medaille.edu/about-us/profiles/richard-l-jacob |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.medaille.edu}} He went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy in counselor education from University at Buffalo.

Coaching career

Jacob began his basketball coaching career as head coach of the junior varsity squad at La Salle High School. He began his college coaching career at Niagara University as graduate assistant coach under Pete Lonergan in 1981.{{cite web | last=Sullivan | first=Jerry | title='LUCKY' LONERGAN RETURNS TO COACHING WITH MEDAILLE WOMEN | website=Buffalo News | date=November 16, 2003 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/lucky-lonergan-returns-to-coaching-with-medaille-women/article_0cca89be-fbe6-5536-a992-5084acc98918.html | access-date=October 14, 2023}} He was head coach of Daemen College for their 1982–83 campaign.{{cite web | title=Summit 1983 80 | website=New York Heritage | url=https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16694coll111/id/4524/rec/1 | access-date=2023-10-18}} Jacob then served as assistant coach for University at Buffalo under Dan Bazzani from 1983 to 1987.

Jacob returned to Daemen College as head coach in 1987, replacing Nate Bliss mid-season.{{cite web | last=Gaughan | first=Mark | title=CANISIUS ENDS SEASON AGAINST TOUGH ALFRED BUFFALO STATE IS AT WESTMINSTER | website=Buffalo News | date=November 3, 1989 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/canisius-ends-season-against-tough-alfred-buffalo-state-is-at-westminster/article_8d2b6c31-e7a3-5e3b-9df7-ec2bbdf368d6.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}} He left that job to become athletic director and head coach of Villa Maria College, where he was named NJCAA Penn-York Conference Coach of the Year for 1989–90 after leading the team to a 12–6 record.{{cite web | title=PRESCOTT FINISHES 5TH IN WRESTLING | website=Buffalo News | date=March 25, 1990 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/prescott-finishes-5th-in-wrestling/article_69790f0c-aace-5ae0-9557-0e91076a8176.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}} Jacob was head coach for the Western Region team of the Empire State Games from 1987 to 1990, leading his 1989 squad that included Duke University star Christian Laettner to a silver medal.{{cite web | last=Harrington | first=Mike | title=WESTERN COMEBACK FALLS SHORT BY LAETTNER MISS | website=Buffalo News | date=August 7, 1989 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/western-comeback-falls-short-by-laettner-miss/article_f3036a66-8256-596e-96e7-f7303f905506.html | access-date=October 20, 2023}}{{cite web | title=THREE LOCAL UNDERCLASSMEN LEAD CAGERS | website=Buffalo News | date=July 24, 1990 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/three-local-underclassmen-lead-cagers/article_d52d00b5-eb8f-5e1a-b30e-87f66d531ef3.html | access-date=October 15, 2023}} In 1993, he became head coach at Niagara County Community College.

Jacob was hired as athletic director of Medaille College in 1995, and was named 1996–97 NSCAA Athletic Director of the Year after expanding their program from one sport to twelve.{{cite web | title=MEDAILLE'S JACOB EARNS NATIONAL HONOR | website=Buffalo News | date=May 28, 1997 | url=https://buffalonews.com/article_614bd97f-6ff8-5601-8345-2e03a3ff90e1.html | access-date=October 16, 2023}} Jacob coached Medaille College from 1996 to 2004, with his 2003–04 team claiming the NEAC championship.{{cite web | last=Anhalt | first=Laura | title=Buffalo Welcomes Back Professional Basketball | website=Buffalo Rising | date=June 12, 2008 | url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2008/06/buffalo-welcomes-back-professional-basketball/ | access-date=August 23, 2023}}{{cite web | title=Men's Basketball | website=Medaille University Athletics | date=August 16, 2021 | url=https://medaillesports.com/sports/2015/9/12/MBB_0912152143.aspx | access-date=August 23, 2023}} He was consequently named 2003–04 NEAC Coach of the Year.{{cite web | title=MEDAILLE CLAIMS TITLE; ECC WINS REGIONAL | website=Buffalo News | date=March 1, 2004 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/medaille-claims-title-ecc-wins-regional/article_6815ec00-cc45-5e68-9429-a35e457ecbaf.html | access-date=October 14, 2023}} Jacob served as assistant coach of Buffalo State College under Dick Bihr during their 2004–05 season.{{cite web | last=Wilson | first=Allen | title=BIHR'S REPLACEMENT AT BUFFALO STATE COULD BE ON CAMPUS | website=Buffalo News | date=February 20, 2005 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/bihrs-replacement-at-buffalo-state-could-be-on-campus/article_7ffce11f-4401-5fdb-90db-d92f9542585d.html | access-date=September 16, 2023}}

In their inaugural season, Jacob coached the 2005–06 Buffalo Rapids to an American Basketball Association playoff berth.{{cite web | last=McKissic | first=Rodney | title=RAPIDS HIRE JACOB AS COACH | website=Buffalo News | date=April 26, 2005 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/rapids-hire-jacob-as-coach/article_88e92c85-6910-5523-9972-a40fab2f1930.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}} He left before their second season to focus on his teaching career at Medaille College.{{cite web | last=Beutel | first=Nate | title=SILVERBACKS: Jacob steps down as coach unexpectedly | website=Niagara Gazette | date=November 1, 2006 | url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/silverbacks-jacob-steps-down-as-coach-unexpectedly/article_85e816aa-99d7-5c7d-9415-31e911797c88.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}} Jacob returned to the Rapids organization in 2008 (now renamed the Buffalo Sharks) and coached the team to an exhibition victory over the Italy men's national basketball team.{{cite web | last=McKissic | first=Rodney | title=Makeshift Buffalo stars beat Italians Ugboja, Rainey lead scoring | website=Buffalo News | date=June 24, 2008 | url=https://buffalonews.com/article_201d1445-f412-55d1-9e49-a243f513df38.html | access-date=October 18, 2023}} After being named head coach and general manager for the Buffalo Stampede of the Premier Basketball League, he resigned before their 2009 season began.{{cite web | title=BASKETBALL: Jacob resigns as coach of Buffalo hoops team | website=Niagara Gazette | date=December 16, 2008 | url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/basketball-jacob-resigns-as-coach-of-buffalo-hoops-team/article_cc084bd9-6fdf-5cb4-bbeb-4321dbabdfb5.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}}{{Cite web |url=http://buffalostampedepbl.com/news/index.html?article_id=5 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-01 |archive-date=2009-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203222029/http://buffalostampedepbl.com/news/index.html?article_id=5 |url-status=dead }} He served as assistant coach for Erie Community College under Alexander Nwora from 2010 to 2017, winning consecutive NJCAA Region III championships in 2010–11 and 2011–12.{{cite web | title=Alex Nwora | website=Erie CC | url=https://athletics.ecc.edu/Alex_Nwora?view=bio | access-date=October 20, 2023}}

Jacob was head coach of The Park School of Buffalo from 2017 to 2021, with his 2017–18 squad winning the New York State Class A championship, and consecutive CHSAA Class A titles in 2017–18 and 2018–19.{{cite web | title=Mayor Brown Honors the Park School Boys Varsity Basketball Team for a Successful Season | website=Buffalo, NY | date=March 27, 2019 | url=https://www.buffalony.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=365 | access-date=August 23, 2023}} He was named 2017–18 Centercourt Coach of the Year.{{cite web | title=Buffalo News/BCANY Awards for boys basketball | website=Buffalo News | date=April 24, 2018 | url=https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/buffalo-news-bcany-awards-for-boys-basketball/collection_14b3c70a-24a8-5303-9e41-924cdd84b658.html | access-date=October 15, 2023}}

In their inaugural season, Jacob coached the 2023–24 Buffalo eXtreme to an American Basketball Association playoff berth.{{cite web | website=Twitter | url=https://twitter.com/XGenElite/status/1688685012428705792 | title=Welcome to the team, Coach Jacob! | date=August 7, 2023 | access-date=August 22, 2023}}{{cite web | title=Buffalo eXtreme adavances to ABA Playoffs | website=The View From Centercourt | url=https://www.theviewfromcentercourt.com/2024/03/buffalo-extreme-adavances-to-aba-playoffs.html | access-date=March 5, 2024}}

Personal life

Jacob is married to educator Rebecca Frandina and they have two children.{{cite web | title=Buffalo Rapids name Richard L. Jacob GM and Head Coach | website=OurSports Central | date=May 14, 2005 | url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/buffalo-rapids-name-richard-l-jacob-gm-and-head-coach/n-3161754 | access-date=October 17, 2023}} His brother Matthew Jacob is a member of the Niagara Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web | last=Beutel | first=Nate | title=BOYS BASKETBALL: Cataract Classic alive and well | website=Niagara Gazette | date=December 7, 2007 | url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/boys-basketball-cataract-classic-alive-and-well/article_9519dfdf-09e6-5b22-84b7-70b85b7b5e4e.html | access-date=November 5, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Sabato | first=Nick | title=Niagara Falls Sports Hall of Fame honors nine new inductees | website=Niagara Gazette | date=October 22, 2023 | url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/niagara-falls-sports-hall-of-fame-honors-nine-new-inductees/article_69718a8c-708f-11ee-9f50-fb2ceac5007e.html | access-date=November 5, 2023}}

He has worked as a special education counselor for BOCES and as a volunteer for the Special Olympics.{{cite journal | journal=Response, 1966-1993 | title=Daemen Appointments | url=https://digitalcommons.daemen.edu/alum_response/54 | date=June 1988 | volume=8 | issue=1 | access-date=October 23, 2023}}{{cite web | title=The Spirit 1 November 1993 | website=The NYS Historic Newspapers | date=November 1, 1993 | url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=spr19931101-01.1.7&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22richard+jacob%22+basketball+%22special+olympics%22--------- | access-date=October 23, 2023}}

Jacob is godfather to National Basketball Association player Jordan Nwora.{{cite web | last=Lerner | first=Danielle | title=Jordan Nwora's decision to return to Louisville is paying off all over | website=The Athletic | date=December 16, 2019 | url=https://theathletic.com/1433195/2019/12/16/jordan-nworas-decision-to-return-to-louisville-is-paying-off-all-over/?amp=1 | access-date=November 6, 2023}} He serves on the Board of Directors for the Jordan Nwora Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching children the game of basketball.{{cite web | author=Jordan Nwora foundation | title=Jordan Nwora foundation | website=Jordan Nwora foundation | date=February 26, 2007 | url=https://jnworafoundation.com/board-of-directors | access-date=October 22, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Hricik | first=Madison | title=Alex Nwora, Jordan Nwora help expand sport of basketball, give back to communities | website=Buffalo News | date=July 31, 2022 | url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/basketball/alex-nwora-jordan-nwora-help-expand-sport-of-basketball-give-back-to-communities/article_1aceb736-0ab2-11ed-90b7-4b5234c32d6e.html | access-date=October 23, 2023}}

In 2017 he authored John Tavares: Soul to the Goal, a biography of the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame inductee.

Head coaching record

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| style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo Rapids

| style="text-align:left;"|2005–06

| 28||11||17||.392|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Connie Hawkins||2||1||1||.500

| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Quarterfinals

| style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo eXtreme

| style="text-align:left;"|2023–24

| 19||15||4||.789|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in White||2||1||1||.500

| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Division Finals

| style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo eXtreme

| style="text-align:left;"|2024–25

| 19||18||1||.944|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in White||5||4||1||.800

| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in League Semifinals

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| 66||44||22||.667|| ||9||6||3||.666

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{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Daemen Warriors

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1982

| endyear = 1983

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1982–83

| name = Daemen

| overall = 3–14

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

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| overall = {{winpct|3|14|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Daemen Warriors

| conference = National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

| startyear = 1987

| endyear = 1989

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| season = 1987–88

| name = Daemen

| overall = 4–9

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1988–89

| name = Daemen

| overall = 15–14

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

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| overall = {{winpct|19|23|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Villa Maria Vikings

| conference = National Junior College Athletic Association

| startyear = 1989

| endyear = 1990

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1989–90

| name = Villa Maria

| overall = 22–12

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NJCAA Region III Runner-up

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| season = 1990–91

| name = Villa Maria

| overall = 17–10

| conference = 9–9

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Villa Maria

| overall = {{winpct|39|22|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|21|15|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = NCCC Trailblazers

| conference = National Junior College Athletic Association

| startyear = 1993

| endyear = 1995

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| season = 1993–94

| name = NCCC

| overall = 3–19

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1994–95

| name = NCCC

| overall = 7–21

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| overall = {{winpct|10|40|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Medaille Mavericks

| conference = National Small College Athletic Association

| startyear = 1996

| endyear = 1998

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| season = 1996–97

| name = Medaille

| overall = 20–10

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| postseason = NSCAA (3rd place)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1997–98

| name = Medaille

| overall = 14–16

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| postseason = NSCAA (5th place)

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| overall = {{winpct|34|26|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Medaille Mavericks

| conference = North Eastern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1998

| endyear = 2004

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| season = 1998–99

| name = Medaille

| overall = 12–14

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| season = 1999–00

| name = Medaille

| overall = 18–12

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| season = 2000–01

| name = Medaille

| overall = 5–20

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| season = 2001–02

| name = Medaille

| overall = 3–22

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2002–03

| name = Medaille

| overall = 6–20

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = NEAC Semifinalist

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| season = 2003–04

| name = Medaille

| overall = 10–17

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NEAC Champion

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| overall = {{winpct|59|105|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|164|230|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Park School Pioneers

| conference = Monsignor Martin Athletic Association

| startyear = 2017

| endyear = 2019

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| season = 2017–18

| name = Park School

| overall = 25–5

| conference = 11–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = New York State Class A champion
CHSAA Class A champion

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| season = 2018–19

| name = Park School

| overall = 25–3

| conference = 12–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = CHSAA Class A champion

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Park School Pioneers

| conference = NYSPHSAA Section VI Independent

| startyear = 2019

| endyear = 2020

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| championship =

| season = 2019–20

| name = Park School

| overall = 18–6

| conference =

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| postseason = Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 68–14 ({{winpct|68|14}})

| legend = no

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Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under Jacob who became collegiate or professional head coaches

Alexander Nwora – ECC (1999–present), Cape Verde (2009–2013), Nigeria (2017–2019)
Pete Lonergan – Medaille women (2003–2014)
Dick Hack – Medaille (2004–2006), SUNY Maritime (2010–2012)
Trevor Ruffin – Buffalo Silverbacks (2006–2007)