Donte’ Jackson
Donte’ Jackson (born January 19, 1979)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Grambling State Tigers
Current conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Central State record: 52–42 (.553) **
Stillman record: 66–21 (.759)
Grambling State record: 120-102 (.541)
Overall record^: 232-160 (.592) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- SWAC Regular Season Champion: 3 (2018, 2023, 2024)
- SIAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2016)
- SWAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2024)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2016)
Awards:
- Ben Jobe Award: 2 (2018, 2024)
- SWAC Coach of the Year: 3 (2018, 2023, 2024)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2017-present | Grambling State |
| 2014-2017 | Stillman |
| 2010-2014 | Central State |
| 2003-2010 | Central State (asst) |
Donte’ Jackson Facts
- Donte’ Jackson
- Born January 19, 1979
- Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: Central State University (BS, 2003 & MS, 2008)
- Was an all-conference and all-state player as a senior at Alexander Hamilton HS in Milwaukee
- Started his college career playing one season at UW Milwaukee for head coach Ric Cobb
- Transferred to then-NAIA Central State in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he earned all-conference honors as a senior
- Graduated in 2003 and joined Central State’s coaching staff, where he was an assistant coach for seven years
- Took over as head coach at CSU in 2010, coaching the Division II program for four seasons
- Had eight total wins from the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons vacated by the NCAA after being charged with a lack of institutional control
- Left his alma mater in 2014 to become the head coach at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- The program was transitioning from Division II down to NAIA
- Jackson led the team to the Division II Tournament in their final years as members
- In 2016-17, Stillman went 22-5 overall as a NAIA Independent program under Jackson
- Hired in June 2017 to be the new head coach at Grambling State out of the SWAC, his first Division I coaching position
- Won SWAC COY in 2018 and was also given the Ben Jobe Award as the nation’s top minority head coach
- Led the Tigers to a SWAC title in his first season, and two more in years six and seven; named SWAC COY in 2023
- Jackson and the Tigers won the 2024 SWAC Tournament to go to their first-ever NCAA Tournament; won a second Ben Jobe Award
Donte’ Jackson Coaching Tree
- John Teasley (Stillman)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA levels
** Listed records and accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA
