Lake Forest College

Jacob Nihan joined the Lake Forest College coaching staff in 2025 as an analyst.

Nihan's most recent football experience was his playing career at Woodstock High School. The defensive back graduated from the school in 2018.

Four years later Nihan earned a bachelor's degree in sustainable and renewable energy from Illinois State University. Since then he has pursued a career in the field of solar energy and is now a utility-scale development manager at Nexamp in Chicago.