Lisa Jackson joined the Chicago State women’s basketball program as an associate head coach on October 3, 2022.

She comes to CSU from Fort Valley State where she served as the recruiting coordinator (2021-22) and as an interim head coach (2022) for the women’s basketball team. One aspect she oversaw with the Wildcats was academics and the team achieved the highest overall team grade point average during the 2021-22 academic year.

Prior to her one season at Fort Valley State, Jackson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Jacksonville University (2019-21). In her first year, she helped the Dolphins to a four-win increase, including a three-win increase in the ASUN Conference.

Jackson joined the Dolphins after seven years as an assistant at Georgia Southern (2012-19). During her time in Statesboro, she worked primarily with the perimeter players and served as the recruiting coordinator. She was also involved in scouting opponents, handling alumni relations, daily scheduling and monitoring the student-athletes’ academic progress.

During her tenure at Georgia Southern, she helped lead the team to improvements of six overall victories and five league wins (9-9 conference record) from the previous season (2015-16). The nine league wins were the most for an Eagle women's basketball team since the 2010-11 season. Georgia Southern earned the sixth seed in the Sun Belt tournament and made its first appearance in the league's postseason. 

Jackson came to Georgia Southern after serving on Ronny Fisher’s staff at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., for two seasons (2010-12). In 2011-12, the Blue Hose recorded their most wins since the 2005-06 season.

She graduated from Erskine College in 2007 with a degree in sport management before starting her coaching career later that year with the Queens University (N.C.) women’s basketball team. She was then an assistant coach for her alma mater’s men’s basketball team from 2008-10 before joining Presbyterian.

As a player for the Flying Fleet, Jackson scored over 1,300 points during her career. She earned second-team All-Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) honors twice and was selected as a conference Player of the Week multiple times.

A Taylors, S.C., native, Jackson is the daughter of Abel and the late Margerite Jackson, who passed in 2014. She has a brother, Abel Jackson III, and a sister, Sheree Jackson.