– November 14, 1999) was a football

Football (soccer)

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 manager

Coach (sport)

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 from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, who played for HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...

. Born in Zandvoort

Zandvoort

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, he started a career as a football coach as a 27-year old when he became the head coach of Velox

Velox

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 from Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

. Jacobs later became the first manager of FC Utrecht.

In 1974 Jacobs moved to Roda JC, followed by Willem II Tilburg

Willem II Tilburg

Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...

 (1980), Seiko Hong Kong (1982–83) and Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....

 (1983), where he succeeded Barry Hughes

Barry Hughes

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. In 1984 he started to work for Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...

, which reached the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners Cup under his guidance. He had to stop working in December 1986 due to cancer

Cancer

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, but recovered and signed with Vitesse Arnhem

Vitesse Arnhem

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...

, who he brought back to the highest level in Dutch professional football, the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

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, in 1989. In 1992 Jacobs moved on to Spain

Spain

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, to Sporting Gijon, where he was fired in April 1993 due to bad performances. He then worked for RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

 and FC Volendam

FC Volendam

Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...

. He died of cancer, on November 14, 1999, aged 58.