UPDATED June 13, 2022
Jacob Lail joined the Wayne State University football staff in the fall of 2020 as a graduate assistant coach working with the offensive line. He served in the same capacity in 2021. Lail moved to tight ends coach for spring ball in 2022.
During the 2021 campaign, he helped guide First Team All-GLIAC performer Landin Mitchell, and Second Team All-GLIAC honoree Lane Potter. Potter was also the GLIAC's McAvoy Award Winner (which is presented annually to a GLIAC football player who best combines outstanding character and leadership on the field, in the classroom and in the community ) as well as a Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American. WSU ranked second in the GLIAC in both third-down conversion percentage (40%) and yards per completion (13.1), and third in rushing yards per game (181.5), yards per carry (4.8), total offense per game (359.5) and first downs per game (18.5).
In addition, eight student-athletes (Chuckie Anthony, Landin Mitchell, Noah Nicklin, Lane Potter, Ty Potter, Mohamed Saad, Tyler Schompert and Reid Thompson) were named to the 2021 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, while four others (Cooper Kukal, Chrishoun Roberts, Charles Wesley and Joe Ziedas) earned GLIAC All-Academic honors.
In his first year with the Warriors, Lail helped mentor 13 Academic All-GLIAC honorees, including 11 offensive linemen on the All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA.
A Racine, Wis. native, Lail began his collegiate career as an H-Back at Carroll College (Waukesha, Wis.) in 2013. He transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his final three years earning a bachelor's degree in Marketing.
Lail began his coaching career in 2018 after working in private industry. He was the Offensive Assistant working with offensive skill positions at Catonsville High School in Baltimore. The following year, he served as the graduate assistant Running Backs Coach at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis.
During his prep playing career, Lail was a Second Team All-City offensive lineman for Horlick High School. A two-time team captain, he also received Honorable Mention All-Southeast Conference (SEC) accolades in 2012.
