LSU football adds HBCU veteran as a staffer

LSU football only needed to look as far as its neighboring HBCU to find a new member of its staff. Rick Jackson, most recently director of football operations/player personnel at Southern University in the SWAC, has joined LSU football as its assistant director of football operations.

Jackson came to Southern from Prairie View A&M where he spent four seasons in the same role for that HBCU program. He has served in that role at Southern since 2022.

He was responsible for the team budget, managing home and away travel, coordinating summer camps and coaching clinics, and serving as the pro scout liaison. He also oversaw the daily operations of the football program.

A Los Angeles native, Jackson played under head coach Rod Broadway at Grambling State. In his first season at Grambling State in 2008, GSU claimed both the Black College National Championship and Southwestern Athletic Conference title. He was named team captain as a senior. As an offensive lineman, he helped pave the way for running back Frank Warren, who became the school’s all-time leading rusher with 3,910 yards.

With his playing career over,  Rick Jackson worked as the director of football operations and as a graduate assistant coach at Grambling under head coach Doug Williams. As a graduate assistant, his responsibilities included serving assistant offensive line coach, scouting future opponents or potential recruits, breaking down and evaluating film, and coordinating day-to-day interactions between coaches and players.

After spending nearly two decades in the SWAC, Jackson is now headed to LSU football.

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