Central College Women's Basketball Camps
Head Coach

Mike Jacobsma
Head Coach

Iowa native Mike Jacobsma is in his first year as Central's women's basketball coach.

Jacobsma served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Evansville (Ind.) since 2008. He helped the Purple Aces win the 2009 Missouri Valley Conference tournament title and NCAA tournament berth. From 2003-08 he coached at the Colorado School of Mines. Jacobsma was also a graduate assistant and interim assistant at Wayne State (Neb.), where he received his masters degree in 2003.

A veteran clinician, Jacobsma has worked camps at South Dakota, Creighton and Iowa State, among other schools.

“Mike is a great recruiter who is very energetic and knowledgeable about the game of basketball,” former Evansville coach Misty Murphy said. “He has experience in every facet of running a basketball program.”

Jacobsma inherits a Central program which captured the 1993 NCAA Division III championship while earning eight NCAA tournament berths and winning six Iowa Conference titles, but struggled to a 5-20 mark with a young squad in 2010-11.

“Women’s basketball has a rich tradition at Central and we can get back to that level,” Jacobsma said. “I truly believe that.”

But Jacobsma wants Central players to get more out of their participation than victories.

“I want the players to be champions on and off the court,” he said. “I want them to be lifelong learners and to be successful in everything they do. Basketball puts you in some adverse situations and you have to learn how to overcome that. I want to help them develop those characteristics, skills and traits they need so that they take that with them in the jobs and cities where they work and become leaders.”

Jacobsma and his wife have one daughter.