Jeff Jackson

Teams coached: New Hampshire Wildcats, Furman Paladins
New Hampshire record: 21-60 (.259)
Furman record: 85-131 (.394)
Overall record: 106-191 (.357)

Jeff Jackson
Born May 1, 1961
Hometown: New York City, New York
Alma Mater: Cornell University (BS, 1984)
The NYC-native started his coaching career at alma mater Cornell as an assistant coach under Tom Miller
Other early coaching jobs include stints as an assistant at USC (under Stan Morrison), St. Bonaventure (under Ron DeCarli), Colorado State (under Boyd Grant and Stew Morrill) and Stanford (under Mike Montgomery)
- Part of three NCAA Tournaments and one regular season conference championship (the WAC in 1990)
Hired as the head coach at New Hampshire in 1996, going 21-60 overall in three years before his firing in 1999
Joined Kevin Stallings‘ staff at Vanderbilt in 1999 and worked with the Commodores program for the next seven seasons
- Jackson was part of Vandy’s NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen run in 2004
Got another chance as a head coach in 2006, coaching the Furman Paladins for the next seven seasons
- Went 85-131 overall, highlighted by a 22-10 record and CIT appearance in 2011
- Resigned in 2013 and would go on to begin a new career working as a conference administrator
Became the Deputy Commissioner of the Big South in 2014 and later served as Executive Associate Commissioner of the Big 12
- In 2021, Jackson was hired as the 10th Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference