Dannton Jackson shares the love at Xavier

“When it’s time, we’re going to be where we’re supposed to be.” “God doesn’t make a whole lot of mistakes. I’m not going to move until God tells me to move.” --- Dannton Jackson

NEW ORLEANS  -- Xavier’s Dannton Jackson heads into Saturday night’s game against rival Dillard as his school’s all-time winningest coach because he’s not afraid to ask for help.

Not afraid to admit he doesn’t know everything, realizing he can always get better — even after posting 241 wins in just more than a decade.


Xavier men's basketball coach Dannton Jackson
Courtesy Photo by Irving Johnson III, Xavier University  

So can his assistant coaches, who are required to have mentors outside the program. So can his players, whom he’s preparing for life after the final shot clock expires.

In a male-dominated profession, full of ego and secrecy, Jackson’s list of mentors, advisers and friends reads like a Who’s Who of college basketball: North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Bill Self of Kansas. John Calipari of Memphis and Texas’ Rick Barnes.

These coaches and others have opened their programs and playbooks to Jackson, who has studied and mimicked every detail — all to make the Gold Rush better.

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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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