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Football
- Title:
- Special Teams Coordinator and Assistant Coach, Defensive Backs
- Email:
- darryl_jackson@brown.edu
- Joined Brown:
- December 2018
- Alma Mater:
- University of San Diego '92
Recruiting Areas: Arizona, Southern California, Northern Florida, Tennessee
Darryl Jackson enters his seventh year, sixth season, on Brown’s coaching staff in 2025. Jackson joined the Bears prior to the 2019 season as the Assistant Coach, Defensive Backs. He also served as the team's Special Teams Coordinator for his first six seasons on staff.
Jackson has over 30 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 16 years at the FBS/1-A level.
In 2024, two of Jackson's players earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in defensive back Elias Archie and kicker Christopher Maron.
In 2023, Brown was the only team in the Ivy League to have four of the top seven players ranked in passes defended, led by Isaiah Reed, who led the league with five interceptions and 13 passes defended. On special teams, Wes Rockett was named First Team All-Ivy as a return specialist and led the league in punt return yardage (12.0).
In the secondary in 2022, Jackson oversaw corners Cooper DeVeau and Isaiah Reed rank second and seventh, respectively, in the Ivy League in passes defended. In 2019, DeVeau stood third in the conference in passes defended (12).
On special teams in 2019, Dawson Goepferich ranked third in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.700) and fifth in yards per punt (38.1).
Prior to Brown, Jackson spent seven seasons on staff as the secondary coach and special teams coordinator at Bryant.
At Bryant, Jackson transformed the Bulldogs’ secondary into one of the top units in the NEC and the special teams group into one of the best in the country. The Bulldogs ranked in the top half of the league in nearly every special teams category in each of his seasons. Jackson developed an outstanding crop of kick returners that included three All-NEC selections and a STATS FCS and Walter Camp All-American, Jean Constant.
Jackson previously spent five seasons at Florida Atlantic, serving as the offensive coordinator over his final three seasons from 2009-11. He coached the Owls in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl, helping FAU become the first Sun Belt team to win back-to-back bowl games. During his three years as offensive coordinator, he coached and developed Alfred Morris, a 2012 sixth round NFL Draft pick. As a sophomore in 2009, Morris ranked 13th nationally with 116 rushing yards per game.
At Arizona State, Jackson served as the Sun Devils' wide receiver coach from 2001-06 and was part of head coach Dirk Koetter's original ASU staff. In his role, Jackson oversaw one of the key elements in Koetter's high-octane offensive attacks, which was ranked in the nation's top five during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In his six seasons with ASU, Jackson guided two of the top receivers in ASU's history. Derek Hagan concluded his career as ASU's all-time leader in receptions (258), receiving yards (3,939) and touchdowns receptions (27) and 100-yard receiving games (18). Hagan was a two-time semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, the second to be considered for the award, and was a First Team All-Pac-10 selection. Jackson worked with four All-Pac-10 selections during his tenure with ASU.
Guiding his career much like he would guide his receivers, Jackson also worked on his game by serving three internships with the NFL. In 2007 Jackson served as an intern and coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2003, he served in the same capacity with the Detroit Lions as part of the NFL's Minority Internship Program. In 1999 he gained his first experience with an NFL club while working with the Philadelphia Eagles.
As a player, Jackson was a four-year starter in the defensive backfield at the University of San Diego, and was named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. He earned a bachelor’s in education in 1992 and a master’s of education in 1994. A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Jackson and his wife Lynn have two daughters, Savannah and Skylar, and a son, Sean.
Bowl Games Coached
1999: Humanitarian Bowl
2000: Humanitarian Bowl
2002: Holiday Bowl
2004: Sun Bowl
2005: Insight.com Bowl
2006: Sheraton (Hawaii) Bowl
2007: New Orleans Bowl
2008: Motor City Bowl
| Season | School/Team | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-1994 | Univ. of San Diego | Defensive Backs and Running Backs Coach |
| 1994-1995 | Univ. of Redlands | Running Backs Coach |
| 1995-1997 | Indiana State | Running Backs and Safeties Coach |
| 1997-2000 | Boise State | Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2001-2006 | Arizona State | Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2007-2011 | Florida Atlantic | Offensive Coordinator (2009-2011)/Wide Receivers Coach (2007-2008) |
| 2012-2018 | Bryant | Special Teams Coordinator/Secondary Coach |
| 2019-present | Brown | Assistant Coach, Defensive Backs; Special Teams Coordinator (2019-2024) |
