University of Massachusets Athletics
Men's Track & Field
Jackson, David
David Jackson
- Title:
- Director of Men's Track and Field and Cross Country
- Phone:
- 545-0286
David Jackson enters his 14th season with UMass track and field and third as the director of both men’s and women’s men's track and field and cross country programs in 2022-23. He previously served as director of men's track and field and cross country for three seasons, associate head coach for one season and an assistant coach on the staff for seven seasons. During his tenure, Jackson has seen many of the record book's top-five lists rewritten the areas he coaches: field events, multi-events, short sprints and hurdles.
Jackson coached Jada Harris to honorable mention All-America honors in high jump in 2019. He has produced ten NCAA East Region/NCAA Preliminary qualifiers: Brian Miller – high jump (2010), Stephanie Aguguo – triple jump (2011), Becky Stoyle - triple jump (2013, 2014, 2015) and Kelsey Crawford – javelin (2016), Kris Horn – high jump (2017) and Jada Harris – high jump (2019, 2021) & 100m hurdles (2019), and Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2021) during his time at UMass.
Jackson has produced 39 Atlantic 10 champions: Sean Busch – indoor (2010, 2011) & outdoor pole vault (2010, 2011); Brian Miller - outdoor high jump (2010); Stephanie Aguguo - indoor (2011) & outdoor triple jump (2011); Zachary Koncki - indoor long jump (2011); Kelsey Crawford - heptathlon (2013); Becky Stoyle – indoor (2013, 2014) & outdoor triple jump (2013, 2014); Courtney Kromko - indoor long jump (2015); Kris Horn - heptathlon (2016) & decathlon (2016, 2017); Brett Davies - discus (2017); Jonathan Collins - heptathlon (2018, 2019) and decathlon (2019); Bridget Deveau – pentathlon (2018, 2019) & heptathlon (2018, 2019); Mason Lord - indoor pole vault (2019); Jada Harris – 60 meter hurdles (2019, 2020), 100 meter hurdles (2018, 2019, 2021), indoor high jump (2019, 2020) & outdoor high jump (2019), Kira Kopec - pentathlon (2020, 2022), Andrew Chabon – outdoor long jump (2021), Lea Doerries – outdoor high jump (2021), Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2022); 22 New England champions: Stephanie Aguguo - indoor triple jump (2010); Zachary Koncki - indoor long jump (2011); Kelsey Crawford - heptathlon (2013) indoor (2016, 2017) and outdoor shot put (2016, 2017); Becky Stoyle – indoor (2013, 2014) & outdoor triple jump (2013, 2014); Courtney Kromko - long jump (2014); Ashley Palmer - long jump (2015); Kris Horn - decathlon (2017); Ivana Nyemeck - indoor (2018) & outdoor triple jump (2018); John Chuma - pole vault (2018), Jada Harris - indoor (2020) & outdoor high jump (2019), Kira Kopec – pentathlon (2022), Emily McDonald – indoor triple jump (2022), and Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2022); 25 school records: Stephanie Aguguo - triple jump (41' 3.75"); Sean Busch - indoor pole vault (16'0.75"); Andrew Chabon – outdoor long jump (24’ 1”); John Chuma – outdoor pole vault (15’11.25”); Kelsey Crawford – indoor shot put (47’9.25”) & javelin (152’4”); Bridget Deveau – pentathlon (3,869), heptathlon (5,324) & 400 meter hurdles (1:00.16); Jada Harris – 60 meter hurdles (8.38), 100 meter hurdles (13.50) indoor long jump (19’3.5”) & outdoor high jump (5’8.75”, 5’9.75”); Kris Horn – heptathlon (5,318) & decathlon (7,417); Nicholas Ingham - heptathlon (4731); Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (58.67); Zachary Koncki - indoor (24'0.5") & outdoor long jump (24'.75"); Kira Kopec – pentathlon (3,985); Mason Lord -- indoor pole vault (16'1.25"); Emily McDonald – indoor long jump (19’ 3.5”); Brian Miller - outdoor high jump (7'.025") and Becky Stoyle - triple jump (indoor: 42' 0.5" & outdoor: 42'3.25").
Jackson’s student-athletes have also been recognized for their work in the classroom with one Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year (Sean Busch), eight seasonal UMass Scholar-Athletes (Sean Busch, Stephen Bigelow, John Chuma, Kelsey Crawford, Bridget Deveau, Jessica Green, Jada Harris and Mason Lord), two Atlantic 10 nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year (Jada Harris – 2020, Kira Kopec - 2022), and a recipient of the 2022 A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship (Kira Kopec).
Jackson has helped coach 7 student-athletes to national team opportunities, including 4 USA Track & Field Junior Nationals (U20): Kelsey Crawford – heptathlon (2013); Jada Harris – 100m hurdles (2017); Hunter Gray – decathlon (2017); Katelyn Gorgenyi – 100m hurdles (2022); 2 Canadian Track and Field U23 athletes: Kira Kopec – heptathlon (2022); Adriana Phan – 100m hurdles (2022); and 1 World University Games athlete: Bridget Deveau (Canada) – heptathlon (2019).
Deveau became UMass' first ECAC champion since 2008, winning the ECAC pentathlon title in 2018 under Jackson's guidance.
Prior to coming to UMass in 2009, Jackson spent the previous two years working with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sprinters, women's pole vault and multi-event athletes, including three All-Americans and four ACC champions.
Before coaching at UNC, Jackson was the assistant men's and women's track & field coach at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., from 2004 to 2007. While at Roberts Wesleyan, he was responsible for working with the teams' sprinters, hurdlers, and relays. Jackson guided three members of the Raiders to NCCAA national titles and coached five NCCAA All-Americans.
From 1998 to 2003, Jackson worked as a software testing engineer for Heidelberg Digital and as a New York State public high school Section V track and field official. He also coached for the ACS Track Club and Nichols Academy and Churchville-Chili Sr. High, during his time in Rochester.
A standout discus thrower and sprinter in high school, Jackson went on to compete for Susquehanna University where he received all-conference accolades and earned a trip to the NCAA Division III national championship as a part of the school's 400m relay team in 1994. He graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Media Study and went on to earn a Masters of Arts in Organizational Communication from SUNY Brockport in 2000.
Jackson coached Jada Harris to honorable mention All-America honors in high jump in 2019. He has produced ten NCAA East Region/NCAA Preliminary qualifiers: Brian Miller – high jump (2010), Stephanie Aguguo – triple jump (2011), Becky Stoyle - triple jump (2013, 2014, 2015) and Kelsey Crawford – javelin (2016), Kris Horn – high jump (2017) and Jada Harris – high jump (2019, 2021) & 100m hurdles (2019), and Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2021) during his time at UMass.
Jackson has produced 39 Atlantic 10 champions: Sean Busch – indoor (2010, 2011) & outdoor pole vault (2010, 2011); Brian Miller - outdoor high jump (2010); Stephanie Aguguo - indoor (2011) & outdoor triple jump (2011); Zachary Koncki - indoor long jump (2011); Kelsey Crawford - heptathlon (2013); Becky Stoyle – indoor (2013, 2014) & outdoor triple jump (2013, 2014); Courtney Kromko - indoor long jump (2015); Kris Horn - heptathlon (2016) & decathlon (2016, 2017); Brett Davies - discus (2017); Jonathan Collins - heptathlon (2018, 2019) and decathlon (2019); Bridget Deveau – pentathlon (2018, 2019) & heptathlon (2018, 2019); Mason Lord - indoor pole vault (2019); Jada Harris – 60 meter hurdles (2019, 2020), 100 meter hurdles (2018, 2019, 2021), indoor high jump (2019, 2020) & outdoor high jump (2019), Kira Kopec - pentathlon (2020, 2022), Andrew Chabon – outdoor long jump (2021), Lea Doerries – outdoor high jump (2021), Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2022); 22 New England champions: Stephanie Aguguo - indoor triple jump (2010); Zachary Koncki - indoor long jump (2011); Kelsey Crawford - heptathlon (2013) indoor (2016, 2017) and outdoor shot put (2016, 2017); Becky Stoyle – indoor (2013, 2014) & outdoor triple jump (2013, 2014); Courtney Kromko - long jump (2014); Ashley Palmer - long jump (2015); Kris Horn - decathlon (2017); Ivana Nyemeck - indoor (2018) & outdoor triple jump (2018); John Chuma - pole vault (2018), Jada Harris - indoor (2020) & outdoor high jump (2019), Kira Kopec – pentathlon (2022), Emily McDonald – indoor triple jump (2022), and Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (2022); 25 school records: Stephanie Aguguo - triple jump (41' 3.75"); Sean Busch - indoor pole vault (16'0.75"); Andrew Chabon – outdoor long jump (24’ 1”); John Chuma – outdoor pole vault (15’11.25”); Kelsey Crawford – indoor shot put (47’9.25”) & javelin (152’4”); Bridget Deveau – pentathlon (3,869), heptathlon (5,324) & 400 meter hurdles (1:00.16); Jada Harris – 60 meter hurdles (8.38), 100 meter hurdles (13.50) indoor long jump (19’3.5”) & outdoor high jump (5’8.75”, 5’9.75”); Kris Horn – heptathlon (5,318) & decathlon (7,417); Nicholas Ingham - heptathlon (4731); Lillian Kirry – 400m hurdles (58.67); Zachary Koncki - indoor (24'0.5") & outdoor long jump (24'.75"); Kira Kopec – pentathlon (3,985); Mason Lord -- indoor pole vault (16'1.25"); Emily McDonald – indoor long jump (19’ 3.5”); Brian Miller - outdoor high jump (7'.025") and Becky Stoyle - triple jump (indoor: 42' 0.5" & outdoor: 42'3.25").
Jackson’s student-athletes have also been recognized for their work in the classroom with one Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year (Sean Busch), eight seasonal UMass Scholar-Athletes (Sean Busch, Stephen Bigelow, John Chuma, Kelsey Crawford, Bridget Deveau, Jessica Green, Jada Harris and Mason Lord), two Atlantic 10 nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year (Jada Harris – 2020, Kira Kopec - 2022), and a recipient of the 2022 A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship (Kira Kopec).
Jackson has helped coach 7 student-athletes to national team opportunities, including 4 USA Track & Field Junior Nationals (U20): Kelsey Crawford – heptathlon (2013); Jada Harris – 100m hurdles (2017); Hunter Gray – decathlon (2017); Katelyn Gorgenyi – 100m hurdles (2022); 2 Canadian Track and Field U23 athletes: Kira Kopec – heptathlon (2022); Adriana Phan – 100m hurdles (2022); and 1 World University Games athlete: Bridget Deveau (Canada) – heptathlon (2019).
Deveau became UMass' first ECAC champion since 2008, winning the ECAC pentathlon title in 2018 under Jackson's guidance.
Prior to coming to UMass in 2009, Jackson spent the previous two years working with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sprinters, women's pole vault and multi-event athletes, including three All-Americans and four ACC champions.
Before coaching at UNC, Jackson was the assistant men's and women's track & field coach at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., from 2004 to 2007. While at Roberts Wesleyan, he was responsible for working with the teams' sprinters, hurdlers, and relays. Jackson guided three members of the Raiders to NCCAA national titles and coached five NCCAA All-Americans.
From 1998 to 2003, Jackson worked as a software testing engineer for Heidelberg Digital and as a New York State public high school Section V track and field official. He also coached for the ACS Track Club and Nichols Academy and Churchville-Chili Sr. High, during his time in Rochester.
A standout discus thrower and sprinter in high school, Jackson went on to compete for Susquehanna University where he received all-conference accolades and earned a trip to the NCAA Division III national championship as a part of the school's 400m relay team in 1994. He graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Media Study and went on to earn a Masters of Arts in Organizational Communication from SUNY Brockport in 2000.
UMass A-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships Day 2 Highlights
Monday, May 06
Chuma Recognized As UMass Spring Scholar Athlete
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