Former Cincinnati Bengals coordinator Hue Jackson is Grambling State's new head coach
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Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator and assistant coach Hue Jackson, who recently completed his first season as Tennessee State's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, was named the Grambling State Tigers' new head coach Friday morning.
"I think the landscape is changing. Eddie George (Tennessee State) and Deion Sanders (Jackson State) are doing great jobs in their respective places," Jackson said Friday. "We want to do the same here and do it even better."
The Southwestern Athletic Conference school fired Broderick Fobbs last month after eight seasons as head coach. The Tigers finished the 2021 season 3-7 overall, 2-5 in the SWAC.
From Grambling State via Twitter:
It’s official Grambling State University announces 14th head coach @huejack10. Welcome to the G! #ThisIsTheG #HueNation #Exit81 pic.twitter.com/Gvo0Uop7Ei
— GSU_Tigers (@GSU_TIGERS) December 10, 2021
Jackson has experience as a National Football League head coach but not at the college level.
Details via Twitter from NFL Network's Tom Pelissero:
Longtime NFL coach Hue Jackson agreed to terms late Thursday night on a four-year contract to become the new head coach at Grambling State, per source.
A big opportunity for Jackson, the former #Raiders and #Browns coach, at one of the nation's highest-profile HBCU programs.— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 10, 2021
Jackson spent part of the 2018 season with the Bengals as a special assistant to then-head coach Marvin Lewis and was considered a candidate to replace Lewis as the Bengals' head coach before they hired Zac Taylor.
Jackson was the Bengals' wide receivers coach from 2004 to 2006. He returned to Cincinnati as an assistant when the Oakland Raiders fired him after one season (2011) as their head coach. He was a Bengals assistant and offensive coordinator before the Cleveland Browns hired him as their head coach in 2016.
Jackson said in a March radio interview with "The Really Big Show" on ESPN 850 that "there's no doubt" he was "lied to by ownership and leadership" of the Browns while he was their head coach, adding that he received a contract extension in the middle of an 0-16 season in 2017 that wasn't announced by the team.
Jackson has said he's writing a book about his time with Cleveland.
Jackson said in Aug. 2019 that he became depressed after struggling to a 3-36-1 record as Cleveland's head coach and wasn't sure what would have happened had Lewis not reached out to him.
Jackson interviewed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in January about their offensive-coordinator vacancy, according to multiple reports, after dismissing Randy Fichtner. Quarterbacks coach Matt Canada was promoted to the position.
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