Maumee graduate and new University of Toledo head football coach Mike Jacobs joins Inside Maumee Athletics for a wide-ranging conversation about coming home. Coach Jacobs opens up about what it means to lead a program in his own backyard, the culture he's building from day one and why 14 players followed him from Mercer to Toledo. He breaks down his definition of culture — "what you say, what you do, and what you allow" — and talks honestly about the challenges of NIL, the transfer portal and retaining players in today's landscape. Plus: spring practice updates, what he wants fans to see on game day and why he expects to win every single time his team takes the field.

Coming Home to Maumee Coach Jacobs on what it means to lead a program in his own backyard, with his mom's house seven miles from campus and h ...