Leaving Power 5 College Football for Corporate

Jacob Ricketts, is a performance coach whose career spans Power Five college football and large-scale corporate wellness systems.

Jacob currently serves as Health and Wellness Manager at BARD Materials, where he leads health, fitness, and performance initiatives for a non-traditional athletic population. In this role, he applies principles from high-performance sport to workforce health, resilience, and long-term well-being.

Prior to transitioning into corporate wellness, Jacob spent nearly a decade in collegiate athletics working primarily in football. His experience includes roles at University of Colorado Boulder, Temple University, Northern Illinois University, and Stanford University.

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