360-650-3024, brad.jackson@wwu.edu

Brad Jackson is the winningest men's basketball coach in school history with 409 victories, and the longest tenured as he enters his 23rd season. He ranks No.19 among NCAA Division II active coaches in victories and No.35 in winning percentage.

Western has made seven national tournament appearances in its history, Jackson has been the coach for five, including the epic run to the semifinals of the NCAA II National Tournament in 2001. Western also reached the NAIA National Tournament under Jackson's leadership in 1988 and 1994, and the NCAA tourney in 2005 and 2006. The Vikings have had 11 20-win seasons, Jackson has been at the helm for nine, including a school-record four straight in the mid-to-late 1980s as well as four of the last seven seasons.

Jackson, who has a 409-239 (63.1 percent) record at Western, earned Region, Little All-Northwest and Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1991. He was NAIA District 1 Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989 and 1990, as well as being Little All-Northwest Coach of the Year in 1988, NAIA Pacific Northwest Region I Coach of the Year in 1994 and Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-Coach of the Year in 2005. Jackson also was an assistant coach for the West at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival.

Jackson chairs the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee where he has been a Division II representative for four years.

Jackson also directs the highly successful WWU Basketball Camp. Begun in 1986, the camp has grown to be one of the largest in the northwest with alumni dotting the rosters of numerous colleges and universities as well as professional teams.

Jackson came to Western in 1985 after five successful seasons as a high school coach - four at Olympia and one at Eastside Catholic - in which he led his teams to four state playoff appearances. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at Seattle Pacific for five seasons.

A graduate of Washington State, he was a three-year letter winner in basketball, serving as team captain and leading the PAC-8 in assists (5.7 avg.) as a senior in 1973-74. He also played baseball for the Cougars as an outfielder for two seasons.

In high school, Jackson lettered three years each in baseball, basketball and football at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash. He averaged 23.0 points a game as a senior in basketball, earning all-America and all-state honors.

The 55-year old Jackson earned a bachelor's degree from Washington State in 1975 and a master's in athletic administration from Seattle Pacific in 1977. He and wife Debbie (formerly Halle), a four-time NCAA All-America gymnast at Seattle Pacific and a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame, have two grown children, daughter Lynsey and son Kyle.

In 23rd year as Western head coach ... Also Vikings' Associate Athletic Director ... Member of NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee ... Overall record is 409-239, a winning percentage of .631 ... Ranks No.19 among NCAA Division II active coaches in victories and No.35 in winning percentage ... Tops Western in career wins, winning percentage and years coaching ... Named National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA II West Region, Northwest Small College and Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year in 2000-01 ... Directed Vikings to 27-4 record, Pacific West Conference and West Regional titles, and national semifinals ... Also led Western to NAIA national tournament appearances in 1988 and 1994, and NCAA tourney in 2005 (regional semifinals) and 2006 (regional final) ... Has guided Vikings to 16 league/district/region playoff appearances, reaching final nine times and winning three titles ... Averaging 19.0 wins a season ... Assistant coach for West team at 1992 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival ... Named NAIA District 1 Coach of the Year three times (1988-91), NAIA Pacific Northwest Region I Coach of the Year once (1994), Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-Coach of the Year once, and Little all-Northwest Coach of the Year twice (1988, 2001) ... Has directed Western to eight 20-win seasons, including four straight from 1986-90, a school record ... In 1987-88, led Vikings to first district championship and national tournament appearance in 16 years ... Very successful high school coach prior to coaching Vikings ... Led Eastside Catholic High School (Bellevue, WA) to first-ever Class AAA state playoff berth in 1984-85 ... Also coached four seasons at Olympia High School, directing Bears to three Class AA state playoff appearances ... His 1980-81 OHS team reached final eight at the state tournament ... Assistant coach for five years at Seattle Pacific University under head coach Keith Swagerty ... Obtained master's degree in athletic administration at SPU in 1977 ... Standout guard at Washington State University, leading then Pacific-8 Conference in assists (5.7 avg.) as senior in 1973-74 ... Also was Cougars' team captain that season ... Played under three coaches at WSU (Marv Harshman, Bob Greenwood and George Raveling) ... Graduate assistant coach one year for Cougars, while completing bachelor's degree (1975) ... Earned all-America, all-state and all-conference honors in basketball at Hudson's Bay High School (Vancouver, WA), averaging 23.0 points as senior ... Lettered three years in baseball, basketball and football ... 55 years old ... He and wife Debbie (formerly Halle, four-time NCAA All-America gymnast at Seattle Pacific and a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame), have two grown children, daughter Lynsey and son Kyle.