Troy Jackson Named Florida Thundercats Assistant Coach
December 3, 2009 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Florida Thundercats News Release
Lake County, FL. The ABA Florida Thundercats today announced that the Troy "Escalade" Jackson has been named Assistant Coach of the expansion team that begins play this weekend. Jackson brings with him a very exciting career since he graduated as one of the best high school basketball players in the country in 1994 where he was one of only 27 players in NY history to score 1000 points and have 1000 rebounds.
Following his high school career, he played for Hall of Fame Head Coach Denny Crum at the University of Louisville from 1994-1998 and was voted one of the 20 most popular athletes in Louisville history. He then went on to play professionally in the Dominican Republic, China, Portugal, France and Germany as well as in the US and was a Harlem Globetrotter from 1998-2000. He was mentioned by and played with the legendary Magic Johnson on "The Magic Johnson All Stars" and also played on an All Star team with Dennis Rodman, Jayson Williams, Charles Oakley and Walter Berry. And, if that wasn't enough, he played for the AND1 Mixed Tour from 2001-2009.
Jackson was also voted 1 of the 50 greatest playground legends of all time by Slam Magazine and was one of the stars of the ESPN Show, "Streetball." He has been featured in national campaigns for Mountain Dew,
KFC, Old Spice Swagger, Lays Potato Chips and many others, and has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, in the video games "Street Hoops: Vol 2" and "Streetball" as well as Spike Lee's movie, "The 25th Hour." Jackson is the younger brother of NBA legend and current ESPN/ABC analyst Mark Jackson.
"I can't tell you how much it means to us to have a man like Troy Jackson as part of the Florida Thundercats," stated head coach Larry Lessett. "He will add so much to this team on and off the court. Just a wonderful addition."
For more information, visit www.floridathundercats.com or www.abalive.com.
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