Bobby Jackson

Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western Nebraska Community College and the University of Minnesota. In the NBA, he played for several teams over twelve seasons, from 1997 to 2009.

Playing career

Collegiate Jackson graduated from Salisbury High School in 1992. He attended Western Nebraska Community College and later the University of Minnesota. As a Golden Gopher, Bobby Jackson led Minnesota to the Final Four, where they lost to the Kentucky Wildcats. Jackson was a consensus All American and won Big Ten player of the year in 1997, until the award was vacated due to his participation in the University of Minnesota basketball scandal.

Professional Jackson was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 23rd pick in the 1997 NBA draft. He was traded to the Denver Nuggets prior to his rookie season where he played 68 games before moving on to a more familiar place in Minnesota where he donned a Timberwolves jersey for two seasons.

He is perhaps best known for his years in Sacramento when he played for the Kings from 2000 to 2005, where he was known as "Action Jackson" and was a crowd favorite. In the 2002 NBA Playoffs, after he and his team finished with a 61–21 regular season record, Jackson and the Kings came within one game of making the NBA Finals, eliminated controversially by the Los Angeles Lakers. During the 2002-03 NBA season, Jackson averaged a career-best 15.2 points per game on the way to being named the Sixth Man of the Year. Jackson suffered an abdominal strain early in the 2004–05 season that forced him to miss 51 games. The following season, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for Bonzi Wells.

On July 29, 2008, it was reported that Jackson would be traded by the Rockets back to the Sacramento Kings along with Donté Greene, a 2009 first round draft pick and cash consideration in exchange for Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace). The trade was completed on August 14, due to Greene's rookie contract signing on July 14.

Jackson retired from the NBA on October 24, 2009.

Coaching career Sacramento Kings Jackson became an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings. On June 5, 2013, new Kings coach Michael Malone announced that the 2012–13 assistant coaches would not be retained for the 2013–14 season.

Minnesota Timberwolves On September 9, 2013, Jackson was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach.

Stockton Kings In 2021, Jackson was named the head coach of the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League.

Philadelphia 76ers On September 5, 2023, Jackson became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Sacramento Kings (second stint) On May 7, 2025, the Sacramento Kings hired Jackson as an assistant coach.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs