Kendall Jacobsen was named the 15th head volleyball coach in Salisbury history on July 9, 2025, and enters her first season leading the Sea Gulls in 2025.
Jacobsen arrives at Salisbury after serving as head coach at Husson University since April. Before that, she served as assistant coach at Daytona State College (Fla.) from 2022-24. Over her three seasons on staff in Daytona Beach, the Falcons made three NJCAA regional tournament appearances and qualified for the NJCAA national tournament for the first time in program history. Prior to her stint at Daytona State, Jacobsen was a graduate assistant coach at Frostburg State (2020-22) and an assistant at Davis & Elkins College (2018-20).
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A native of Simi Valley, Calif., Jacobsen earned her B.S. in Exercise Science from Davis & Elkins in 2017 and her M.S. in Recreation, Parks, and Sport Management from Frostburg State in 2022. She began her collegiate volleyball career at Moorpark College before playing her final two seasons at Davis & Elkins, appearing in 53 matches for the Senators in 2015 and 2016.