Cass Jackson

Cass Jackson
Playing career
1962–1963San Jose State
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1972San Jose State (assistant)
1973–1974Oberlin
1975–1977Morris Brown
1978–1980Southern
Head coaching record
Overall38–39–2

Cass Jackson is a former American football coach and player. Hired in 1973 to become the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, he became one of the first African-American head football coaches at a predominantly white college. Jackson later served as the head coach at Morris Brown College from 1975 to 1977 and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1978 to 1980. He played college football at San Jose State University, where he was a running back on the 1962 and 1963 teams.