Cornelius Jackson

Cornelius "Corny" Jackson (born January 28, 1978) is an American basketball coach and former player who is serving as head coach for the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team.

Cornelius Jackson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Marshall
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born	(1978-01-28) January 28, 1978 (age 46) Beckley, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1996–1997	Tennessee
1998–2001	Marshall
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2009	West Virginia State (assistant)
2009–2013	UT Martin (assistant)
2013–2017	Cleveland State (assistant)
2017–2023	Marshall (assistant)
2023–2024	Marshall (Associate HC)
2024–present	Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall	0–0 (–)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Bill Evans Award (1996)

Playing career

Jackson played high school basketball at Oak Hill High School in Oak Hill, West Virginia where he won the Bill Evans Award as the West Virginia High School Player of the Year in 1996.^[1] Jackson originally committed to play college basketball at Tennessee but transferred to Marshall after his freshman year.^[2] Jackson was the starting point guard and team captain for three years between 1998 and 2001 with the Thundering Herd. Jackson had career averages of 10.2 points and 6.2 assists at Marshall. He finished his career ranked 4th all-time in career assists at Marshall.^[3]

Following graduation, Jackson was drafted by the Roanoke Dazzle in the 8th Round of the 2001 National Basketball Development League (the precursor to the G League).^[4] Jackson would never appear in a game for the Dazzle, instead opting to play overseas in Germany and Austria for two years.^[5]

Coaching career

After playing professional basketball in Germany and Austria, Jackson was an assistant coach with West Virginia State and UT Martin before being hired as an assistant coach at Cleveland State in 2013 under head coach, Gary Waters.^[6] In 2017, Jackson returned to Marshall as an assistant under Dan D'Antoni. In 2023, he was promoted to associate head coach for The Herd.^[7]

On March 25, 2024, it was announced that he would replace Dan D'Antoni as head coach at Marshall.^[8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference) (2024–present)
2024–25	Marshall	0–0	0–0
Marshall:		0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Total:		0–0 (–)
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

1. "List of Bill Evans Award Winners". WV MetroNews. 2021-05-15. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
2. "Cornelius Jackson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
3. McCann, Rick (April 7, 2017). "Former Herd guard Cornelius Jackson returns to MU to coach". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
4. "Roanoke Dazzle Draft History - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
5. "Cleveland State University". Cleveland State University. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
6. "Cornelius Jackson Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". csuvikings.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
7. "Cornelius Jackson Named Associate Head Coach for Marshall Men's Basketball". herdzone.com. July 7, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
8. Carey, Greg (March 25, 2024). "Jackson replaces D'Antoni as Marshall basketball coach". WV MetroNews. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

External links

• Marshall Thundering Herd bio