Mens' Basketball Assistant Coach Antwon Jackson

01/01/00 12:18PM

- Assistant Coach Antwon Jackson (Pikeville College, 1993)

Antwon Jackson is entering his third season with the Tribe as an assistant coach. Jackson’s duties with the Tribe include recruiting, team travel equipment, skill workouts and working with the Tribe’s post players.

“Antwon is a very aggressive and eager recruiter,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “He loves the world of recruiting and has helped us find some exciting players. Antwon is a big asset to our program here at William and Mary.”

Jackson came to W&M for his first college coaching position, after spending four years as an assistant boys’ basketball coach in the high school ranks. He got his start in coaching in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, which is known as one of the top high school basketball leagues in the country. Most recently, Jackson was at Paul VI High School in Fairfax, Va., where he helped lead the team to an 18-8 record and an appearance in the Virginia Independent Schools championship game. While at Paul VI, he worked with Levi Franklin, who is currently an assistant coach at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa.

Prior to that, Jackson was an assistant for three years at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md. He worked with Kevin Sutton, who is currently the head coach at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., for two season, before spending one season with current Bishop McNamara head coach Marty Keithline.

Jackson also served several years as an assistant coach for the successful DC Assault and Maryland Select AAU teams. Typically one of the top AAU teams in the nation, DC Assault has produced many Division I and NBA players and coaches. During his time with DC Assault, Jackson worked with and coached a number of Division I players. He also worked with several future Division I players with the Maryland Select program.

Jackson also has worked at some of the top summer basketball camps in the country, including the adidas Superstar Camp, and several years at the Five Star Basketball Camp.

Along with his coaching positions, Jackson spent 11 years at KPMG, LLP in Washington, D.C., and McLean, Va., most recently holding the position of senior associate in the company’s real estate and mortgage division. Jackson graduated in 1993 from Pikeville College in Pikeville, Ky., with a degree in business management and accounting. He was a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honorable mention selection as a junior in 1991-92 and as a senior in 1992-93. Jackson also led his team in assists each of those seasons.

Jackson and his wife Stephanie live in Williamsburg with their children, Melanie (12), and Elijah (4). Stephanie works for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Melanie is a seventh grader at Toano Middle School, and Elijah is in the WISK preschool K4 program.