Shannon Jackson joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association as a player development coach in July 2021. Jackson, who will work directly with women’s basketball, comes to The Flats after serving as the director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Jackson State University.
The Birmingham, Ala., native spent the last two years at Jackson State where she worked primarily with men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and soccer. While with the Tigers, Jackson was responsible for program design and implementation, including aspects of strength, speed, agility and conditioning training. She designed sport-specific protocols to maximize athletes performance potential, while utilizing sports science technology and equipment.
Jackson was part of two NCAA Tournament appearances at Jackson State with women’s basketball and volleyball. She also helped aid Jackson State to four regular season conference championships in men’s basketball, women’s basketball (two) and volleyball.
Prior to Jackson State, she worked as an assistant director for strength and conditioning from 2014-19 at Alabama State, where she held oversight of men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and soccer. During her stint at Alabama State, the Hornets made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in women’s basketball and women’s soccer, and three-straight postseason appearances in volleyball. The men’s tennis program also captured its first conference championship in program history.
Jackson graduated from Auburn with a bachelor of education in exercise science in 2012 and a master’s of education in exercise physiology in 2013.
