Angela Jackson

Angela Jackson is a collegiate women's basketball coach. She coached the Chicago State University women's basketball team, the Cougars, for 15 years. Jackson led them to win the 2010–2011 Great West Conference Championships and to the Women's Basketball Invitational Final Four, for which she was named Coach of the Year. Among the coaches of Chicago State athletic teams, she has the strongest career record, 123 wins. She coached several 1,000 point scorers, including six players who went on to professional contracts.

College A Detroit native, Jackson started college playing basketball for Odessa College. In 1986 and 1987 she was an All-Conference Selections in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference's Women's Basketball category. She graduated in 1991 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. From 2003 to 2018, Jackson coached at Chicago State.

In 2010–2011, her team won their conference championships and also beat out Eastern Illinois and Cleveland State to earn a place in the WBI Final Four. While there, 91 percent of her players graduated, since Jackson believes that education is still important for college athletes. Jasmin Dixon, Zondranika Williams, and Kafayat Davies.

In 2017–18, Chicago State's women's basketball team set a Division I record for the most consecutive losses. Jackson was fired in 2018 for underperformance, although the New York Times reported that the failing finances of Chicago State made it too difficult for her to attract and retain players.