Alexandria Jackson enters her first season as Blinn College women’s soccer head coach.

Prior to being named head women's soccer coach at Blinn, Jackson served as Buccaneer soccer's assistant men's and women's coach.

In the fall of 2021, Jackson coached alongside Blinn head men's soccer coach and former women's coach Michael McBride as the Buccaneer women's team posted a 6-8-1 overall record (5-8-1 in Region XIV) and qualified for the NJCAA Gulf South District Tournament. It was the second consecutive postseason appearance for the Buccaneers and second in program history.

In 2020-21, Jackson was named to the United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30 Program, a year-long education and mentorship program designed to support up-and-coming members of the coaching profession who are 30 years of age or younger. 

The Blinn women’s team concluded the 2020-21 season with a program-best 6-3 record and claimed a spot in the NJCAA Region XIV Women’s Soccer Tournament for the first time in the program’s three-year history. The Buccaneers entered the tournament with the No. 3 seed after posting a 4-2 conference record. They captured their first playoff win when they defeated Northeast Texas Community College 2-0 in the Region XIV quarterfinals.

The Blinn men’s team finished the 2020-21 season with a 6-8 overall record (5-7 in conference) and claimed a spot in the NJCAA Region XIV Men’s Soccer Tournament for the third time in its three-year history.

In addition, the women’s and men’s soccer teams were named 2020-21 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year. The women’s soccer team posted a 3.35 grade point average (GPA), while the men’s soccer team posted a 3.01 GPA. Hope Hillhouse and Ethan Unger were named 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches Junior College Scholar All-Americans, and Unger also received the 2021 Dr. James H. Atkinson Cup award after maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout two years at Blinn.

During her first season with the team in 2019, the Blinn men’s team finished the 2019 season with a program-best 10-7-1 overall record. The women’s team finished with a 6-9-1 overall record, 4-7-1 conference record, and received a 2019 College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award from the United Soccer Coaches Association. The women’s soccer team also was named a 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year for maintaining a 3.15 GPA.

Prior to Blinn, Jackson served as head coach of the Phoenix Rising club soccer teams. She oversaw four teams that finished the season with records above .500 and made Arizona State Cup appearances. In addition, all members of the U17 team signed letters of intents to 20 NCAA Division I and II teams.

Prior to Rising Phoenix, Jackson spent five seasons coaching the Waldorf University women’s soccer team. From 2014-2016, she served as an assistant coach and was named head coach in 2017. She helped lead the Warriors to North Star Conference Tournament appearances from 2014 through 2017. While there, she coached 30 all-conference players, five Champions of Character, and 35 scholar athletes.

Jackson was a four-year collegiate soccer player for NCAA Division I Northwestern State University. As a freshman, she led the team in game-winning goals (4) and helped lead the Lady Demons to a conference championship. As a sophomore, Jackson started 10 games while logging 700 minutes. In her junior season, Jackson appeared in 16 matches and started 15 times to accumulate more than 1,000 minutes of play. As a senior, Jackson started and played in all 19 matches for a total of 1,715 minutes. Playing a pivotal defensive role, she assisted on two goals. She was the team captain in 2012 and 2013 and a four-time scholar athlete for the Southland Conference.

Jackson played professional soccer for the St. Catharine’s Jets in Ontario, Canada, and FFC Montabaur in Germany.

Jackson graduated from Northwestern State in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and exercise science. In 2016, she earned a Master of Arts in organizational leadership from Columbia Southern University. She also holds her National Diploma, Advanced National Diploma, and U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) C License.