Jeff Jackson (basketball)

For other people named Jeff Jackson, see Jeff Jackson (disambiguation).

Jeff Jackson

Biographical details
Born	(1961-05-01) May 1, 1961 New York City, New York, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1985	Cornell (asst.)
1985–1986	USC (asst.)
1986–1989	St. Bonaventure (asst.)
1989–1992	Colorado State (asst.)
1992–1996	Stanford (asst.)
1996–1999	New Hampshire
1999–2006	Vanderbilt (asst.)
2006–2013	Furman
Head coaching record
Overall	106–173 (.380)

Jeff Jackson (born May 1, 1961) is an American college athletics administrator and American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Furman University. He previously held the same position at the University of New Hampshire.

He was hired by Furman on April 24, 2006, after serving as an assistant coach to Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt University, of the Southeastern Conference. While an assistant at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt made one NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" appearance (2004) by defeating Western Michigan and North Carolina State, before falling to eventual national champion, Connecticut. Jackson was also named one of the Top 25 College Basketball Recruiters by Rivals.com in 2004. During Jackson's tenure as an assistant at Vanderbilt, the Commodores totaled 4 NIT appearances and 1 NCAA appearance.

Prior to his stint with Vanderbilt, Jackson was the head coach at the University of New Hampshire, where he coached for three seasons, compiling a record of 21-60. During the 1997-98 season, New Hampshire had only their third ten win season since 1984. The 1998–99 recruiting class was ranked 15th by Mike Sheridan of Eastern Basketball Magazine, the first time that the university's basketball program had ever received a regional ranking in its history.

Before being introduced as the head coach at New Hampshire, he served as an assistant at Stanford University of the Pac-10 Conference. There, the Cardinal won twenty games twice, and received back to back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time in school history.

Prior to his move to Stanford, Jackson served in assistant coaching capacities at Colorado State (1989–92), and St. Bonaventure (1986–89). He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Southern California in 1985 after serving as a student assistant coach his final two years at Cornell.

Jackson resigned at Furman on March 22, 2013. He went on to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Big South Conference, then as the Executive Associate Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference.

On March 17, 2021, Jackson was named the 10th commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference, succeeding Doug Elgin after 33 years as commissioner.

Personal life

Jackson graduated from Cornell in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations. He and his wife, Carolyn, also a graduate of Cornell, have three children: Xavier, Jenai and Taylor.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
New Hampshire (America East Conference) (1996–1999)
1996–97	New Hampshire	7–20	5–13	9th
1997–98	New Hampshire	10–17	6–12	8th
1998–99	New Hampshire	4–23	2–16	10th
New Hampshire:		21–60 (.259)	13–41 (.241)
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (2006–2013)
2006–07	Furman	15–16	8–10	5th
2007–08	Furman	7–23	6–14	7th
2008–09	Furman	6–24	4–16	11th
2009–10	Furman	13–17	7–11	7th
2010–11	Furman	22–10	12–6	T–3rd	CIT First Round
2011–12	Furman	15–16	8–10	T–7th
2012–13	Furman	7–24	3–15	12th
Furman:		85–113 (.429)	48–82 (.369)
Total:		106–173 (.380)