Melissa Jackson is the current head coach of the University of Akron women's basketball team.[1] She was an assistant to Akron head coach Jodi Kest for ten years before being promoted to head coach in June of 2018.[2] Prior to Akron she was an assistant coach at Delaware. She played basketball at Richmond[1]
| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Akron |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 55–56 (.495) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | University of Richmond |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2004 | Richmond |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2008 | Delaware (asst.) |
| 2008–2018 | Akron (asst.) |
| 2018–present | Akron |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 55–56 (.495) |
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron (Mid-American Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018–19[3] | Akron | 16–15 | 7–9 | 5th (East) | WBI First Found | ||||
| 2019–20[4] | Akron | 15–15 | 8–10 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2020–21[5] | Akron | 7–14 | 4–14 | 11th | |||||
| 2021–22[6] | Akron | 17–12 | 13–7 | 3rd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Akron | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Akron: | 55–56 (.495) | 32–40 (.444) | |||||||
| Total: | 55–56 (.495) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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She and her husband Drew have two sons, Luke and Ben.[1]
Current women's basketball head coaches of the Mid-American Conference | |
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