Ethan Jacobsen serves as Assistant Coach for University of Northern Iowa's Women's Swimming and Diving program in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 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).
