
January 22, 2025
From Grand Forks Herald by Delaney Otto
When Deb Jacobson was hired at Northland Community and Technical College half a century ago, she saw it as just a job. She never really considered it was going to be big.
The many years she worked at Northland — coaching the women’s basketball, volleyball and softball teams, as well as acting as women’s athletic director, assistant athletic director and athletic director — will be commemorated this week at Northland’s 50th anniversary event for its women’s athletic departments.
“I was just doing my job. It was a fun job and I loved it and I kept with it for 34 years,” Jacobson said. “It was a great opportunity and, thinking about 50 years of women’s sports at Northland, it’s very meaningful for me.”
The anniversary is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25, at Northland’s Thief River Falls campus. It begins at 1 p.m. with a game between the Northland women’s basketball team and Central Lakes. Jacobson and women’s athletics alumni will be honored during halftime.