Lewis Jackson (born August 13, 1962) is the former men's

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Alabama State University Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the Lin ...

. He took over as head coach in 2005, after Rob Spivery departed to take the head coach's job at

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

. Jackson resigned from ASU on March 27, 2020 after 15 seasons. Prior to becoming the head coach at Alabama State, Jackson was an assistant coach for five years on Spivery's staff. Jackson also played basketball at Alabama State, currently sitting fourth on Alabama State's all-time scoring list, and was named SWAC Player of the Year in his senior year. 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 Wetumpka High School is a public high school in Wetumpka, Alabama, United States. It is one of four high schools in the Elmore County Public School System. History Wetumpka High School was founded in 1897 as the 5th District Agricultural School ...

. Jackson played one year of professional basketball in Australia for the Illawarra Hawks. Jackson was the recipient of the 2009 SWAC Coach of the Year award. Jackson is married to

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coach

Freda Freeman-Jackson Freda Freeman-Jackson (born 1962) is an American collegiate basketball coach, who is currently the head women's basketball coach at her alma mater, Alabama State University, a position she has held since 1998. She recorded her 300th career win as ...

and their daughter Bianca currently plays for

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