Eastern Michigan Athletics
Football
Oct 11 (Sat)
1 p.m.
- Title:
- Director of Football Operations
- Email:
- jkirken1@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.2160
Jacob Kirkendall is in his first year as the director of football operations for the Eastern Michigan University football team.
The 24-year-old Kirkendall (7-11-84) spent the 2007 campaign as the director of football operations/video coordinator at Dartmouth College.
A native of Lucas, Ohio, Kirkendall graduated from Ohio University in 2007 with a degree in sports management.
As a senior at Ohio, he interned as the assistant director of operations and video coordinator for the football team that won the 2006 Mid-American Conference East Division championship. His duties included preparation and management of the Coach’s Clinic, alumni golf outing and other football camps.
In 2005, Kirkendall was the videographer for Ohio University football and assisted the Director of Football Operations. Throughout his undergraduate career he was also the office assistant in the Recreation and Sports Sciences Department.
