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“I have tried to hire him before and it just didn’t work out. He issuccessful, very accomplished and knows the Northwest. He hasbeen here forever. He is definitely going to help our program.”Jackson leaves WWU ranked 44th in NCAA II in career victories,and would have entered the season No. 13 among active coachesin victories and No. 40 in winning percentage (.650). He holds acareer record of 518-279.Jackson directed WWU to 19 national post-season appearances,winning the NCAA II national title in 2012 and reaching thenational semifinals in 2001. The Vikings had 12 20-win seasonsduring Jackson’s tenure, including a school-record four straight inthe late 1980s.Jackson ranks third among the winningest collegiate basketballcoaches in state of Washington history with 518 victories, and isone of just five to reach the 500 mark. Jackson was recruited toWSU by the leader in that category Marv Harshman (637), whostands No. 2 in University of Washington history with 246 wins.Jackson also coached against the No.2 person on the state’s list,Central Washington’s Dean Nicholson (620).Jackson was NCAA II West Region, Little All-Northwest andPacific West Conference Coach of the Year in 2001. He also wasNCAA II West Region Coach of the Year in 2010, NAIA District1 Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989 and 1990, Little All-NorthwestCoach of the Year in 1988, NAIA Pacific Northwest Region ICoach of the Year in 1994 and GNAC Coach of the Year in 2005and 2009.Jackson was an assistant coach for the West at the 1992 U.S.Olympic Sports Festival and is a past chair of the NCAA Men’sBasketball Rules Committee where he was the Division II representativefor five years.Jackson’s father-in-law, Roland Halle, was a member of Washington’snational semifinal team in 1953.Jim ShawHometown: Port Townsend, Wash.HS: Chimacum HSLast College: Western Oregon State ‘85Years At Washington: 9th seasonIn his ninth year on the Washington coaching staff in 2011-12 isassistant coach Jim Shaw. He re-joined head coach Lorenzo Romaron May 10, 2004, after they worked together for half a seasonin 1999 at Saint Louis.He played a major role in the spectacular 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010,2011 and 2012 seasons that were among the finest in UW history.Shaw’s contributions come both on the court, where he provides awealth of coaching knowledge and experience, and on the recruitingtrail. He helped sign UW recruiting classes that were rankedamong the best in the nation.Shaw has recently been a part of several successful coachingstaffs, helping direct teams deep into the NCAA Tournament fivetimes during a recent six-year stretch.During his time at Washington, the Huskies have won two conferenceregular season crowns (2009 & 2012), three Pac-10 Tournamentchampionships (2005, 2010, 2011) and made five NCAAtournament appearances, including three Sweet 16’s (2005, 2006,2010). He was pivotal in the Huskies’ run to their first Pac-10Tournament championship in 2005 and first ever No. 1 seed intothe NCAA Tournament. UW finished with a 29-6 record, tying theschool record for wins in a season.COACHESOriginally from Vancouver, Wash., Jackson graduated fromHudson’s Bay High School. Jackson lettered three years each inbaseball, basketball and football at Hudson’s Bay High School inVancouver, Wash. He averaged 23.0 points a game as a senior inbasketball, earning all-America and all-state honors.He went on to Washington State where he played both basketballand baseball and graduated in 1975. Jackson led the Pac-8in assists (5.7 apg) as a senior. On the baseball field, he was anoutfielder for the Cougars.He would go on to earn a master’s degree in athletic administrationfrom Seattle Pacific in 1977. He served five years as anassistant coach at SPU and five years as a high school head coach-- four at Olympia and one at Eastside Catholic -- prior to comingto WWU in 1985.He and wife Debbie (formerly Halle), a four-time NCAA All-America gymnast at Seattle Pacific and a member of the school’sAthletic Hall of Fame, have two grown children, daughter Lynseyand son Kyle; and three grandchildren.Shaw served the previous five seasons at Oklahoma on KelvinSampson’s staff. He helped the Sooners to a 131-37 record, threeBig 12 Tournament titles, a Final Four appearance in 2002 and anElite Eight berth in 2003.“He is one of the hardest working coaches in America and histrack record reflects that,” Romar says. “He was part of a staff thatrecruited a Final Four team at Oklahoma. He has been an NCAAparticipant at most of his jobs. His history in the Northwest, growingup here and having success coaching at Portland and otherschools, should help us continue to build our program.”Shaw was an assistant at Saint Louis under head coach LorenzoRomar for a half year. Prior to that brief stint, he served as assistantcoach at Portland for five seasons, from 1994-95 through1998-99. He helped the Pilots to a pair of 20-win campaigns and a1996 NCAA Tournament berth, the school’s first since 1959.Prior to arriving at Portland, Shaw worked two years as an assistantat Montana State under head coach Mick Durham. He helpedthe 1993-94 Bobcats to a 16-11 record and fourth-place Big Sky402012-13 Husky Basketball