Tiffany Jackson

Tiffany Jackson-Jones (April 26, 1985 – October 3, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach. She played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, earning All-American honors. Jackson played professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the New York Liberty, Tulsa Shock, and Los Angeles Sparks. She also played in the Israeli Premier League for Maccabi Ashdod. She later returned to Texas as an assistant coach for the Longhorns.

Early life Jackson was born in Longview, Texas, on April 26, 1985. She began her high school career at Lincoln High in Dallas, where she led the school to consecutive appearances in the Class 4A state championship game in her sophomore and junior years. Jackson transferred to Duncanville High School in Duncanville as a senior and won a Class 5A state title. In 2004, the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named her the Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2006, Jackson was named a first-team college All-American by the USBWA and was selected to the third team by the Associated Press (AP). She received honorable mention as an All-American from the AP in both her junior and senior years. She earned all-conference honors in the Big 12 in all four seasons, including first-team selections in her last three seasons.

Texas statistics

+Statistics Jackson made her WNBA debut on May 20, 2007, in an 83–71 win over the Chicago Sky. During her rookie season, she led the league in games played (34). She later finished fourth in total rebound percentage (17.5) and fifth in defensive rebound percentage (23.6) the following year. In the 2011 season, Jackson had her best pro season, averaging 12.4 points and 8.4 rebounds with the Shock. She again led the league in games played (34) and finished second in minutes played (1152) and offensive rebounds (100), third in minutes per game (33.9), fourth in total rebounds (286) and rebounds per game (8.4), and fifth in defensive rebounds (186). She signed with the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA in February 2017.

In February 2018, Jackson re-signed with the Sparks. Although she intended to play one final season with Los Angeles, she retired from the WNBA in April 2018 to return to her alma mater and become an assistant on Longhorns head coach Karen Aston's staff. Jackson continued playing with Maccabi Ashdod until 2020.

Career statistics

WNBA 2007 New York 34 0 13.9 .416 .000 .570 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.4 5.1 2008 New York 25 0 19.8 .516 .000 .630 5.7 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.9 8.3 2009 New York 34 9 14.6 .450 .000 .719 3.4 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.2 5.3 2010 New York / Tulsa 34 17 21.1 .395 1.000 .787 5.1 1.1 1.1 0.2 1.7 6.7 2011 Tulsa 34 32 33.9 .456 .000 .776 8.4 2.0 1.1 0.6 2.7 12.4 2013 Tulsa 19 10 20.7 .393 .000 .654 4.5 0.7 1.3 0.2 1.4 4.4 2014 Tulsa 7 0 10.1 .400 .000 .750 1.9 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 2.1 2015 Tulsa 12 0 23.2 .500 .000 .833 4.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.3 4.1 2017 Los Angeles 26 1 5.7 .462 .000 .625 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 Career 9 years, 3 teams 225 69 18.3 .443 .333 .712 4.5 0.9 0.8 0.3 1.6 6.2

Source: Jackson died before the 2022-23 basketball season started.

Personal life Jackson was married to Derrick Jones. Their son, Marley Jones was born in 2012.

Death Jackson died from breast cancer in Dallas on October 3, 2022. She was 37.