page_title: Charlie Jackson (American football coach)
section_title: College
hierarchical_section_title: Charlie Jackson (American football coach) / College
caption_attribution_description: English: Charlie Jackson seen with President Clinton, College Football Hall of Fame Coach, Fisher DeBerry, Lieutenant General, Tad Oelstrom, and Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Cale Bonds.
context_page_description: Charlie Jackson is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Kentucky State University, a position he has held since the 2019 season. Jackson was previously an assistant coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. Prior to the Falcons, Jackson served on the NCAA National Headquarters staff as a member of the College Football Rules Enforcement Group. He was responsible for the football rules development efforts in the Southeastern Conference. His background includes multiple defensive coaching roles with the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos and coaching fellowships with the Falcons and St. Louis Rams. He also served as a college scout for the Seattle Seahawks. Jackson was an assistant coach at Colorado, UCLA, Utah State, Buffalo, and the Air Force.
context_section_description: Jackson accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, and he participated in football and indoor track and field as a student-athlete.  One of his many football highlights was his sophomore season performance against the United States Naval Academy in 1997.  In front of the largest crowd in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium history, undefeated and #16 ranked Air Force traveled to Annapolis and defeated Navy 10-7.  Jackson was named player of the game and subsequently conference player of the week.  Following his senior football season, Jackson was selected by his teammates as a permanent team captain and recipient of Air Force football’s highest honor, the Brian Bullard Award, as the player who displays unselfishness, pride in his role, total team commitment, and 110 percent effort.  Jackson helped Air Force become a consistent member of the Top 25 national rankings, including a Top 10 final ranking and conference championship in 1998.
                                                                                              
  Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in management from the United States Air Force Academy.  He has a master's degree in management and sports studies from California State University, Long Beach.
caption: Charlie Jackson seen with President Clinton, College Football Hall of Fame Coach, Fisher DeBerry, Lieutenant General, Tad Oelstrom, and Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Cale Bonds.
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