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Angela Jackson is a collegiate women's basketball coach. She coached the Chicago State University Cougars womens' basketball team for 15 years. Jackson led them to win the 2010-2011 Great West Conference Championships and to the Women's Basketball Invitational Final Four, for which she was named Coach of the Year. Among the coaches of Chicago State teams, she has the strongest career record, 123 wins. She coached sevel 1,000 point scorers, including six players who went on to professional contracts.

College
A Detroit native, Jackson started college playing basketball for Odessa College. In 1986 and 1987 she was an All-Conference Selections in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference's Women's Basketball category. In her junior year she transferred from Odessa Community College to Old Dominion University. She played guard. She graduated in 1991 with a degree in Health and Physical Education.

Career
Starting as an assistant coach at Wayne State University, Jackson went on to be head coach at Saginaw Valley State. From there she became assistant coach at Michigan State University then associate head coach at University of Michgan from 2001-2003. From 2003-2018, Jackson coached at Chicago State. While there, 91 percent of her players graduated, since Jackson beleives that education is still important for college atheletes. Although six of her players signed professional contracts, she still wants them to complete their degree. Jackson argues that since female atheletes are underpaid compared to their male counterparts, even those who go pro need to prepare for other careers, as well.

Several of her players went on to sign professional contracts, including Tressa Beckel, Jasmin Dixon, Zondranika Williams, and Kafayat Davies.

Ultimately, Jackson was fired in 2018 for underperformance, although the New York Times reported that the failing financial state of Chicago State made it too difficult for her to attract and retain players.