Sonny Jackson (American football)

Sonny Jackson
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1938-09-24) September 24, 1938
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1980	Northeast Louisiana (assistant)
1981–1986	Nicholls State
1987–1989	McNeese State
Head coaching record
Overall	52–48–1 (college)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Gulf Star (1984)

William "Sonny" Jackson (born September 24, 1938) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Nicholls State University from 1981 to 1986 where he had a record of 39–28–1. He guided Nicholls State to its first appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. From 1987 to 1989, he was head football coach at McNeese State University with a record of 13–20. He had a career college football coaching record of 52–48–1.

Jackson is an alumnus of Nicholls State University. He was an assistant coach at Northeast Louisiana for two seasons. Prior to his college career, he was head football coach at the former Chauvin High School in Chauvin, Louisiana and Central High School in Central City, Louisiana.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Nicholls State Colonels (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1981–1983)
1981	Nicholls State	5–5–1
1982	Nicholls State	7–4
1983	Nicholls State	5–6
Nicholls State Colonels (Gulf Star Conference) (1984–1986)
1984	Nicholls State	6–5	4–1
1985	Nicholls State	6–5	2–3
1986	Nicholls State	10–3	2–2		L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Nicholls State:		39–28–1	8–6
McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (1987–1989)
1987	McNeese State	2–9	1–5	T–6th
1988	McNeese State	6–5	3–3	4th
1989	McNeese State	5–6	2–4	T–5th
McNeese State:		13–20	6–12
Total:		52–48–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Sonny Jackson at the College Football Data Warehouse

Nicholls State Colonels head football coaches

Gary Kinchen (1972–1973) Bill Clements (1974–1980) Sonny Jackson (1981–1986) Phil Greco (1987–1992) Rick Rhoades (1993–1994) Darren Barbier (1995–1998) Daryl Daye (1999–2003) Jay Thomas (2004–2009) Charlie Stubbs (2010–2014) Steve Axman # (2014) Tim Rebowe (2015– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

McNeese State Cowboys head football coaches

Wayne Cusic (1940)
No team (1941–1944)
Wayne Cusic (1945)
A. I. Ratcliff (1946–1954)
John Gregory (1955–1956)
Les DeVall (1957–1965)
Jim Clark (1966–1969)
Jack Doland (1970–1978)
Ernie Duplechin (1979–1981)
Hubert Boales (1982)
John McCann (1983–1986)
Sonny Jackson (1987–1989)
Bobby Keasler (1990–1998)
Kirby Bruchhaus (1999)
Tommy Tate (2000–2006)
Matt Viator (2006–2015)
Lance Guidry (2016– )

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