Lewis Jackson (basketball coach)

Lewis Jackson

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Alabama State
Conference	SWAC
Record	157–156 (.502)
Biographical details
Born	(1962-08-13) August 13, 1962 Wetumpka, Alabama
Playing career
1980–1984	Alabama State
Position(s)	Small forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2005	Alabama State (asst.)
2005–present	Alabama State
Head coaching record
Overall	157–156 (.502)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SWAC Player of the Year (1984) *SWAC Coach of the Year (2009)

Lewis Jackson (born August 13, 1962) is the men's college basketball head coach at Alabama State University. He took over as head coach in 2005, after Rob Spivery departed to take the head coach's job at Southern University.

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. 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.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Alabama State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2005–present)
2005–06	Alabama State	12–18	10–8	T–4th
2006–07	Alabama State	10–20	8–10	8th
2007–08	Alabama State	20–11	15–3	1st	NIT First Round
2008–09	Alabama State	22–10	16–2	1st	NCAA Opening Round
2009–10	Alabama State	16–15	12–6	3rd
2010–11	Alabama State	17–18	11–7	4th	NCAA First Four
2011–12	Alabama State	12–19	9–9	T–5th
2012–13	Alabama State	10–22	8–10	T–5th
2013–14	Alabama State	19–13	12–6	T–2nd	CIT First Round
2014–15	Alabama State	19–10	14–4	2nd
2015–16	Alabama State	0–0	0–0
Alabama State:		157–156 (.502)	115–65
Total:		157–156 (.502)
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

• Bio on Alabama State's athletics page