Emili Jackson returns for her fifth season as an assistant coach for track and field and cross country. At UDM, Jackson works primarily with the women’s distance runners in track as well as the women’s cross country team.
In her three years with the cross country program, Jackson has helped tremendously, as the Titans’ capped off the 2008 season with five runners in the Great Lakes Regional for the first full scoring squad (32nd) since 2004. In 2009, UDM placed 29th with 882 points at the GLR.
She began her coaching career in strength and conditioning at Wayne State in 2004. She then added two years (2005-07) of track and field/cross country coaching experience at Salesian High School in Richmond, CA. There, she coached two state meet qualifiers, including one state champion.
In July of 2007, she was certified as a USA Track & Field Level Two coach. She continues to run in her off time recently helping a team comprised mostly off UDM Alumni, staff and current Titans take ninth at the Great Lakes Relay in the summer of 2009.
Jackson graduated from Central Michigan in 2003 after running both cross country and track. She currently resides with her husband, Matthew, and her daughter, Emerson in Royal Oak.
