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Well aware of the fact that coaching is an extremely competitive profession, Jacobs speaks of the at times challenging, but always crucial, balance between a love for coaching and the desire to be a positive Christian influence on his athletes. With margins provided for readers to take notes, Jacobs encourages coaches' to record “spiritual markers” the same way they might record career “markers” when reflecting on a season.

Dave Jacobs is the head football coach at Champaign Central (IL) High School, a position he assumed in 2005. In over 20 years as a coach in Illinois, Jacobs has rebuilt three high school gridiron programs and has developed one football program from the ground up. In 2006, he served as the president of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association. One of the most respected interscholastic coaches in the game, Jacobs is a much sought-after speaker at instructional football clinics across the country