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Name: Paul K Jackson

High School: Rutherford High School, Rutherford, NJ

College: Bentley College, Waltham, MA

Height: 5'11" Weight: 188 lbs

Born: May 23, 1954 - Springfield, MA, USA


Facts:

Coach Paul Jackson (Milpitas, California) has been associated with the Golden State Warriors Men’s Wheelchair basketball team (Oakland, California) since 1978. The team started out in the bottom ten in wheelchair basketball to becoming the national Champions in 2001 and 2004.

Jackson was selected to be Assistant coach for the 1984 Paralympic Wheelchair basketball team helping lead the team to three gold medals in international competition (1986, 1988, and 1990). Jackson is currently the chairman of the National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Selection Committee and was a member of the International Players and Coach’s Committee for ten years.

Jackson attended Bentley College (Waltham, M.A.) and played basketball, and works as a quality technician at Tyco Electronics. In addition to basketball, Jackson enjoys scuba diving, gardening and working out.

Major Achievements:

International Coaching:
  • 2007 - 2008: Assistant Coach USA Men’s Paralympics Basketball team (Beijing China)
  • Silver Medal – Assistant Coach USA Men’s World Championship team (Amsterdam Holland)
  • Head Coach USA Men’s Basketball team to tour Spain.
  • Gold Medal – Head Coach USA Men’s Basketball team, Pan American Championships (Caracas Venezuela)
  • Gold Medal – Assistant Coach USA Men’s Paralympics Basketball team (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Head Coach USA Men’s Gold Cup Basketball team, Melbourne Australia, Gold Medal
  • 1984: Assistant Coach USA Men’s Paralympics Basketball team, (Stoke Maneville England)
NWBA Coaching:
  • 2007: Third place – NWBA Final Four NWBA/ NBA All-Star Weekend.
  • 2004: Div. II National Wheelchair Basketball Champions
  • 2002: Second place – NWBA Final Four
  • 2001: National Wheelchair Basketball Champions
  • 2000: Head Coach Western Grizzles Women’s Wheelchair
  • 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 - Elected West Coach for the NWBA/ NBA All-Star Weekend
  • 1999: Third place – NWBA Final Four
  • 1997-1998, 2002, 2004: Second place – NWBA Final Four
Awards:
    March 31, 2007: National Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame
  • 2001: “Bill Duncan Good Guy Award” winner
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