Dewayne Jackson joined the Georgia Gwinnett College men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach for the program's inaugural 2025-26 season.
Jackson joined Head Coach Corey Gipson Staff in May 2024 he served as an assistant coach for men's basketball program at NCAA Division I Austin Peay State University (Tennessee). While at Austin Peay he helped lead the program to an athletic department-high 3.57 team grade point average; served as community service coordinator; helped lead the men's basketball program to a gold medal status for the United States presidential service award for (2024-25).
Jackson previously served as the head coach at NJCAA Division I Gordon State College (Georgia), where he led the Highlanders to their first Georgia Collegiate Athletics Association Tournament berth in three seasons during the 2023-24 campaign.
Prior to his time in Barnesville, Georgia, Jackson was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at USCAA Penn State Fayette (2022-23), handling the recruiting of high school, postgraduates, and junior college athletes in Pittsburgh and across the Northeast.
Jackson and Head Coach Andy Hendrick led the Roaring Lions to a 17-win season.
Before coaching at Penn State Fayette, Jackson was the boys' varsity head coach at Camp Jewell House Academy (2019-21). He helped lead CJHA through the COVID-19 pandemic season, posting a 17-15 record during the 2020-21 season, with a 6-0 mark in the Freelance Region.
Jackson also coached on the AAU circuit (2012-19), where he also was the head coach and co-founder of the Georgia Titans, 2014-19.
A Wrightsville, Georgia native, Jackson earned a business administration degree from Columbus State University (Georgia).
