Donte Jackson (basketball)

Donte Jackson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Grambling State
Conference	SWAC
Record	120–102 (.541)
Biographical details
Born	(1979-01-19) January 19, 1979 (age 45) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
1997–1998	Milwaukee
1999–2002	Central State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2010	Central State (assistant)
2010–2014	Central State
2014–2017	Stillman
2017–present	Grambling State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2016–2017	Stillman
Head coaching record
Overall	246–165 (.599)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA Division I) 1–1 (NCAA Division II) 0–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC tournament (2024) 3x SWAC regular season (2018, 2023, 2024)
Awards
2x Ben Jobe Award (2018, 2024) 3× SWAC Coach of the Year (2018, 2023, 2024)

Donte Jackson (born January 19, 1979) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for the Grambling State Tigers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). In 2024, he led the Tigers to their first SWAC tournament championship in program history and their first ever NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Playing career

After a standout high school career in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jackson attended Milwaukee for one season. ^[1] Jackson transferred to Central State where he was an all-conference and all-region selection during the 2001–2002 season, and part of the Marauders' NAIA Division I National Tournament Sweet 16 squad from the 1999–2000 season.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Jackson became an assistant coach at his alma mater, and was in the position for seven years before being elevated to head coach in 2010. In his four years at Central State, Jackson compiled a 60–42 record, before accepting the head coaching position at Stillman. In two seasons as a member of the SIAC, Jackson led Stillman to a 44–16 record, winning the SIAC men's basketball tournament championship in 2016 and reaching the regional semifinals of the 2016 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. After 2016, the school dropped from NCAA Division II to NAIA. ^[2] In its first year as a NAIA Independent, Jackson guided the team to a 22–5 record.

On June 28, 2017, Jackson was officially named the head coach at Grambling State. ^[3]

In his first year with the Tigers, Jackson guided Grambling to its first SWAC regular season title since 1989. ^[4] However, due to low APR scores, Grambling was ineligible for conference tournament and postseason play. ^[5] For his efforts, Jackson was named 2018 SWAC Coach of the Year, and was the recipient of the 2018 Ben Jobe Award, as well. ^{[6] [7]}

Head coaching record

NCAA DII/NAIA

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central State Marauders (Division II Independent/G-MAC)(2010–2014)
2010–11	Central State	14–12	N/A
2011–12	Central State	19–9	N/A
2012–13	Central State	11–10*	2–2	2nd
2013–14	Central State	16–11**	7–5	3rd
Central State:		60–42 (.588)	9–7 (.563)
Stillman Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2014–2016)
2014–15	Stillman	17–10	13–6	1st (West)
2015–16	Stillman	27–6	17–1	1st (West)	NCAA Division II Round of 32
Stillman Tigers (NAIA Independent)(2016–2017)
2016–17	Stillman	22–5	–	–
Stillman:		66–21 (.759)	30–7 (.811)
Total:		126–63 (.667)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

• Six wins vacated by NCAA ^{[8] [9]}
  • Two wins vacated by NCAA ^{[8] [9]}

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Grambling State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2017–present)
2017–18	Grambling State	17–14	13–5	1st
2018–19	Grambling State	17–17	10–8	T–3rd	CIT First Round
2019–20	Grambling State	17–15	11–7	T–4th
2020–21	Grambling State	11–11	9–6	4th
2021–22	Grambling State	12–20	9–9	T-6th
2022–23	Grambling State	22–8	15–3	T–1st
2023–24	Grambling State	21–15	14–4	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Grambling State:		120–102 (.541)	81–42 (.659)
Total:		120–102 (.541)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Donte Jackson College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
2. Roberson, Amber (4 December 2015). "Stillman dropping all sports except basketball".
3. "Donte' Jackson Announced as Grambling State's Men's Basketball Coach".
4. "Grambling vs. Alabama State - Game Recap - March 3, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
5. "17 D-I teams don't make NCAA grade, banned from postseason". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
6. "All-SWAC Men's Basketball Teams revealed".
7. Sports, HBCU (3 April 2018). "Grambling's Jackson named Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year".
8. "Central State lacked institutional control". 4 March 2016.
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2017-07-02.

External links

• Grambling State bio