“You look at the big perspective, which is you want to be pushed. Your main goal is winning games and improving as a person and a player. So all those things screamed Michigan State.”

American basketball coach and former player

Jaren Walter Jackson Sr. is an American basketball coach and former professional player. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he played in the late 1980s and later worked as an assistant coach for the Incarnate Word Cardinals of the Southland Conference. A shooting guard, Jackson played at Georgetown University from 1985 to 1989 and earned a bachelor's degree in finance. He was not drafted into the NBA, but went on to play 13 seasons for several teams. He is best known for his time with the San Antonio Spurs, whom he helped win their first NBA championship in 1999.