Career
He took over as head coach in 2005, after Rob Spivery departed to take the head coach"s job at Southern University. Prior to becoming the head coach at Alabama State, Jackson was an assistant coach for five years on Spivery"s staff Jackson was inducted into both the Alabama State and SWAC Hall of Fames, and his number was retired by both Alabama State and his high school, Wetumpka High School.
Jackson played one year of professional basketball in Australia for the Illawarra Hawks.