Legendary Coach Harry Jacobs dies

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Harry Jacobs, a coach who started out in Jefferson County and went on to become one of Florida’s most successful track-and-field coaches, and a legend in his own right, died on Tuesday, April 25, at age 81. During a lifetime of achievements, Jacobs not only set records as an athlete in his college years, but he coached 16 teams to state championships, including the FAMU Baby Rattlers, which won 13 state track-and-field titles, 10 of them in a row. After