George Jackson leaving BG to be Assistant at UC

This has been hot on the rumor mill for a few days and talked about on the UC forums as it was a done deal, and, as it turns out, it is a done deal. George Jackson will head to the University of Cincinnati as an assistant coach.

He came to BG with Coach Orr and coached with him at Seton Hall as well. He was a head coach at Cincinnati Withrow for 20 years, racking up 300 wins, 12 metro titles and putting 60 graduates on basketball scholarships.

I was kind of under the impression they were a package deal (in fact, he and Coach Orr were teammates in high school), but that was apparently a mistaken impression. Obviously, coaching in the Big East again is a great opportunity for Coach Jackson, not to mention that he is heading back home.

The Falcon website does not have any quotes from Coach Orr, and only carries the release from UC.

Obviously, we wish Coach Jackson well, and will monitor how Coach Orr fills the spot on his staff.

On another front, a blog in Tampa is reporting that LaMonta Stone may be on the radar for an assistant's job at the University of South Florida.