John-David William "J.D." Jackson (born February 27, 1969) is a

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former professional

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player and

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. He is currently the

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of the French ProB team

Olympique Antibes Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French seco ...

Playing career

Born in

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, and grew up in Vernon, British Columbia, Jackson spent his college career at the

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. He is one of the best players ever to wear a UBC uniform and was inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. He left UBC in 1992 as the school's leader in career points (3,585), career three-pointers (252), career free throws made (791) among other records. He received CIAU National Player of the Year honors in 1991 and 1992 and is a four-time CIAU All-Canadian. He represented the Canadian junior national team at the 1987 World Championships and Canada's men's national team at the 1990 and 1994 World Championships. After a stint with the Halifax Wildjammers (WBL), he spent his professional career almost entirely in France, playing two years at Poissy-Chatou, one year at Prisse, two years at

Antibes Antibes (, also , ; oc, label= Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. The town of Juan-les-Pins is in the commune of Antibes and the Sop ...

and seven at

Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France. The team plays in the French League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. History The Modern ...

. He won the French national championship and the La Semaine des As competition with Le Mans in 2006 and the French Cup in 2004. Jackson retired upon the conclusion of the 2005–06 season. He had his jersey number 14 retired at Le Mans.

Coaching career

Jackson served as head coach of Le Mans Sarthe Basket from 2008 to 2014. Under his guidance, the club claimed the French Cup in 2009 and the La Semaine des As (later Leaders Cup) competition in 2009 and 2014. After parting ways with Le Mans following the 2013–14 season, he took over head-coaching duties at fellow French LNB ProA side ASVEL Villeurbanne in December 2014. In his first full season (2015–16), he guided ASVEL to the French championship. In the 2016–17 season, Jackson led the team to a semi-final appearance. He was sacked on January 15, 2018, because results did not match up to the club's expectations. ASVEL was eighth in the ProA standings at the time of the sacking with a record of eight wins and eight defeats. Jackson served as an assistant coach for Canada's men's national team at the 2021 FIBA Americas qualification tournament. In early May 2021, he accepted the head-coaching role at

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team play ...

, returning to coaching after an absence of almost three and a half years. Jackson was sacked on November 24, 2022 with his Gravelines-Dunkerque team 14th of 18 teams in the French league after six defeats in nine games. On December 5, 2023, he was named head coach of French ProB side Olympique Antibes.

References

External links

Profile at eurobasket.com

Profile at asvelbasket.com
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