Aaron Jacobsen begins the 2010 season as the Interim Head Women’s Cross Country Coach. Having worked four seasons as an assistant with the program, Jacobsen is an experienced collegiate cross country and post-collegiate distance running coach. During this time, the team had four NCAA Championship qualifiers and several All-Region award winners.

Prior to working with UC Santa Cruz, he began his coaching career as a Cross County and Track & Field coach at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. A Santa Cruz native, Jacobsen competed for UC Irvine while completing his B.A. in Political Science. He was a Big West Conference Scholar Athlete and member of the 2002 NCAA West Region All-Academic Team. Jacobsen holds a master's degree in kinesiology and is a former kinesiology lecturer at San Jose State University.