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Rice University Athletics
Jackson Tabbed As Running Backs Coach
1/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 13, 2006
Houston - Dean Jackson will be the running backs coach on the staff of new Owls head football coach Todd Graham.
"Dean's a very hard-working guy who will be an outstanding recruiter," said Graham. "He's got strong Texas ties, another one of those Texas high school coaches who will really help us.
"He's worked with me before, knows the expectations and knows the passion and intensity of how we're going to do things."
Jackson, 47, comes to Rice after coaching the last 25 years in the high school ranks in north Texas. The last two seasons, he was the defensive coordinator at Dallas' Hillcrest High, helping the Panthers to an 8-3 record and a Class 4A area finalist spot in 2004.
Previously, Jackson spent six years on staff at Allen High School, where he worked for three seasons (1998-2000) under Graham. In '99 and again in 2000, the Eagles advanced deep in the Class 5A playoffs.
Jackson was the head coach and athletic director at Wilmer-Hutchins High, south of Dallas, for three seasons (1995-97). He was also on the Wilmer-Hutchins staff when the Eagles won the 1990 Class 4A state championship.
Also at Wilmer-Hutchins, Jackson coached the Eagle athletes to seven national championships in power-lifting along with the 1989 state title and five regional crowns.
He had previous assistant coaching assignments at Athens and Paris in northeast Texas.
A native of Atlanta, Texas, Jackson earned his B.S. degree in education, physical education, from Wichita State University in 1981. He and his wife, Cora, have three children.
