Dane Jackson (ice hockey)

Dane Jackson
Born (1970-05-17) May 17, 1970
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
NHL draft 44th overall, 1988
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 19922003
Coaching career
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorth Dakota
ConferenceNCHC
Biographical details
Alma materUniversity of North Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005Manchester Monarchs (assistant)
2005–2006Adirondack Frostbite
2006–2015North Dakota (assistant)
2015–2025North Dakota (associate)
2025North Dakota
(interim head coach)
2025–presentNorth Dakota

Dane K. Jackson (born May 17, 1970) is a Canadian coach and former professional ice hockey right wing who is currently head coach of the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team. He spent parts of four seasons in the National Hockey League between 1993 and 1998. Selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, he spent four years at the University of North Dakota before making his professional debut for the Canucks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 1992. Jackson made his NHL debut in 1993, and would split the next two seasons between the Canucks and their AHL affiliates, the Hamilton Canucks and Syracuse Crunch. He joined the Buffalo Sabres in 1995, though spent most of the next two years with their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and in 1997 signed with the New York Islanders. Jackson spent the final six seasons of his playing career in the AHL, moving between the Americans, Lowell Lock Monsters, and Manchester Monarchs, before retiring in 2003. Since then he has worked as a coach, and has been on the coaching staff of North Dakota since 2006.