Brooke Carrigan-Jackson joins the Montreat Cavaliers for the 2010-11 season as Co-head Coach. Carrigan-Jackson comes to Montreat after serving 4 years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Furman University, a Div. 1 program and member of the Southern Conference. During her time at Furman, Carrigan-Jackson saw five Paladins claim All-Conference recognition, including Jessica Lange, the all-time leader in blocked shots, and Melissa Liebschwager, the ESPN 3-point Challenge champion in 2009. Carrigan- Jackson also got to witness success in the classroom as 14 Paladins were recognized for their outstanding work in the classroom by being named Academic All-Conference during her tenure.
Carrigan-Jackson got her first Div. 1 victory as acting head coach, in a 66-63 overtime victory at UNC Greensboro. Prior to joining Furman, Carrigan-Jackson spent one year as an assistant at the University of the Pacific, on the staff of current Co-Head Coach Craig Jackson. She has also served as an assistant at Southern Oregon University and Colorado State-Pueblo.
About her addition, Coach Craig Jackson had this to say," We are very excited to have someone of Brooke's caliber join our coaching staff. She has a unique ability to break down individual player development will be a great asset to our players. She brings a very diverse background of what it takes to play and coach at the highest level and I am excited to be able to work with her again."
As a player at Colorado Christian University, Carrigan-Jackson was a Women's Div. II Bulletin All-American as a Junior and Senior, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year , RMAC All- Conference four times and All- Region four times. She left Colorado Christian as the single season record holder for points, made field goals, field goal attempts, free throws made, free throw attempts and the career record holder for points, made field goals, 3-point percentage, made 3-point field goals, free throws made and free throw attempted. She was the first women's basketball player inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and was nominated for the RMAC Hall of Fame in 2009. She was also a middle hitter/blocker on the Colorado Christian University Volleyball team that was ranked as high as #16 in the nation.
Following her collegiate days, Carrigan-Jackson played seasons in both Holland and Germany, for BC Utrecht and TV Hofheim, respectively, as well as spending training camp with the Colorado Chill in 2002.
Carrigan-Jackson is active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action, doing a tour of Mali and Senegal in the summer of 2008. She is married to current Co-Head Coach Craig Jackson and the couple resides in Greenville, SC.
