Greg Jackson (basketball coach)
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Greg Jackson is the head men's basketball coach at Delaware State University
. In 2006, Jackson led the Hornets to their first and, to date, only NCAA tournament
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Prior to accepting the job at Delaware State, Jackson spent nine seasons as the head coach at North Carolina Central University
, having been an assistant at Delaware for six seasons before that, winning the NCAA Division II men's basketball national championship game in 1989. The entire 1989 championship winning team, including Jackson, was inducted into the North Carolina Central University Hall of Fame in 1997.
Delaware State University
Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...
. In 2006, Jackson led the Hornets to their first and, to date, only NCAA tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
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Prior to accepting the job at Delaware State, Jackson spent nine seasons as the head coach at North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....
, having been an assistant at Delaware for six seasons before that, winning the NCAA Division II men's basketball national championship game in 1989. The entire 1989 championship winning team, including Jackson, was inducted into the North Carolina Central University Hall of Fame in 1997.