Jacob Linn serves as Director of Athletic Performance for Women’s Basketball at Missouri, implementing performance enhancement systems for his seventh season in 2017-18.
Since 2011, Linn has been heavily involved with the women’s basketball team as it pertains to improving athletic performance and preparation for games and practices. His training program emphasizes strength and power enhancement, injury risk reduction strategies, and technological monitoring all managed on a daily basis.
Linn originally joined Missouri as a graduate assistant in 2010 and was responsible for assisting with most sports, including football, baseball, track & field, swimming, men's and women's basketball and women's golf.
Before coming to Columbia, Linn coached at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan., where he was directly responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for football, women's basketball, volleyball and softball. Prior to joining Haskell, Linn interned in the weight room at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan.
A native of McPherson, Kan., Linn earned a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from the University of Kansas in 2007 and his master’s in Public Health Education and Promotion at Mizzou in 2012. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and an active member of the NSCA.
Linn is married to the former Kimberly Frazier, also from McPherson, Kan. They have two children, Jase and Riley.
