Jacob Cotton begins his first season as an assistant coach at Binghamton. He works primarily with the Bearcats' goalkeepers.
Cotton has extensive semi pro soccer experience. He won back-to-back UPSL National Championships (2024 & 2025) with Soda City FC - based in Lexington,SC. He was named the Golden Glove winner as the best goalkeeper in the league. Also with Soda City FC, Cotton coached youths ages 6-18 in the art of goalkeeping.
From there, Cotton played at the USL2 level with Delaware FC and since then, has been on multiple trials with professional teams here in the states.
A 2023 graduate of Cal Poly Humboldt, Cotton went on to earn his master's degree at Newberry College the following year.