Bobby Jackson

For other people named Bobby Jackson, see Bobby Jackson (disambiguation).

Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western Nebraska Community College and the University of Minnesota. In the NBA, he played for several teams over twelve seasons, from 1997 to 2009.

Bobby Jackson

Jackson in 2015
Sacramento Kings
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1973-03-13) March 13, 1973 (age 52) East Spencer, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Salisbury (Salisbury, North Carolina)
College	Western Nebraska CC (1993–1995) Minnesota (1995–1997)
NBA draft	1997: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Drafted by	Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1997–2009
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	13, 24, 8
Coaching career	2011–present
Career history
As a player:
1997–1998	Denver Nuggets
1998–2000	Minnesota Timberwolves
2000–2005	Sacramento Kings
2005–2006	Memphis Grizzlies
2006–2008	New Orleans Hornets[a]
2008	Houston Rockets
2008–2009	Sacramento Kings
As a coach:
2011–2013	Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2021–2023	Stockton Kings
2023–2025	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2025–present	Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Career highlights
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2003) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1998) Consensus second-team All-American (1997) Big Ten Player of the Year (1997)* *Selection later vacated
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,344 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds	2,347 (3.1 rpg)
Assists	1,945 (2.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Playing career

Collegiate

Jackson graduated from Salisbury High School in 1992.^[1] He attended Western Nebraska Community College and later the University of Minnesota. As a Golden Gopher, Bobby Jackson led Minnesota to the Final Four, where they lost to the Kentucky Wildcats.

Professional

Jackson was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 23rd pick in the 1997 NBA draft. He was traded to the Denver Nuggets prior to his rookie season where he played 68 games before moving on to a more familiar place in Minnesota where he donned a Timberwolves jersey for two seasons.

He is perhaps best known for his years in Sacramento when he played for the Kings from 2000 to 2005, where he was known as "Action Jackson" and was a crowd favorite. In the 2002 NBA Playoffs, after he and his team finished with a 61–21 regular season record, Jackson and the Kings came within one game of making the NBA Finals, eliminated controversially by the Los Angeles Lakers.^[2] During the 2002-03 NBA season, Jackson averaged a career-best 15.2 points per game on the way to being named the Sixth Man of the Year. Jackson suffered an abdominal strain early in the 2004–05 season that forced him to miss 51 games. The following season, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for Bonzi Wells.^[3]

On July 29, 2008, it was reported that Jackson would be traded by the Rockets back to the Sacramento Kings along with Donté Greene, a 2009 first round draft pick and cash consideration in exchange for Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace).^[4] The trade was completed on August 14, due to Greene's rookie contract signing on July 14.^[5]

Jackson retired from the NBA on October 24, 2009.^[6]

Coaching career

Sacramento Kings

Jackson became an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings.^[7] On June 5, 2013, new Kings coach Michael Malone announced that the 2012–13 assistant coaches would not be retained for the 2013–14 season.^[8]

Minnesota Timberwolves

On September 9, 2013, Jackson was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach.^[9]

Stockton Kings

In 2021, Jackson was named the head coach of the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League.^[10]

Philadelphia 76ers

On September 5, 2023, Jackson became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers.^[11]

Sacramento Kings (second stint)

On May 7, 2025, the Sacramento Kings hired Jackson as an assistant coach.^[12]

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Denver	68	53	30.0	.392	.259	.814	4.4	4.7	1.5	.2	11.6
1998–99	Minnesota	50*	12	18.8	.405	.370	.772	2.7	3.3	.8	.1	7.1
1999–00	Minnesota	73	10	14.2	.405	.283	.776	2.1	2.4	.7	.1	5.1
2000–01	Sacramento	79	7	20.9	.439	.375	.739	3.1	2.0	1.1	.1	7.2
2001–02	Sacramento	81	3	21.6	.443	.361	.810	3.1	2.0	.9	.1	11.1
2002–03	Sacramento	59	26	28.4	.464	.379	.846	3.7	3.1	1.2	.1	15.2
2003–04	Sacramento	50	0	23.7	.444	.370	.752	3.5	2.1	1.0	.2	13.8
2004–05	Sacramento	25	0	21.4	.427	.344	.862	3.4	2.4	.6	.1	12.0
2005–06	Memphis	71	15	25.0	.382	.389	.733	3.1	2.7	.9	.0	11.4
2006–07	NO/Oklahoma City	56	2	23.8	.394	.327	.774	3.2	2.5	.9	.1	10.6
2007–08	New Orleans	46	0	19.4	.392	.368	.816	2.4	1.7	.7	.1	7.1
	Houston	26	5	19.2	.419	.341	.750	2.7	2.4	.5	.1	8.8
2008–09	Sacramento	71	10	20.9	.398	.305	.851	2.8	2.0	.9	.1	7.5
Career		755	143	22.2	.417	.354	.793	3.1	2.6	.9	.0	9.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999	Minnesota	4	0	6.8	.200	.000	.000	1.0	.5	.0	.0	1.0
2000	Minnesota	3	0	10.0	.500	.333	1.000	1.7	1.3	.7	.3	5.0
2001	Sacramento	8	0	22.8	.438	.286	.714	3.3	2.3	1.0	.0	7.0
2002	Sacramento	16	1	23.4	.445	.256	.791	3.3	2.0	.9	.2	10.9
2003	Sacramento	12	0	27.6	.457	.349	.886	4.5	3.3	1.0	.1	14.3
2005	Sacramento	5	0	15.8	.270	.167	1.000	1.2	1.8	.2	.2	5.2
2006	Memphis	4	0	25.0	.414	.364	.714	2.0	1.3	.3	.0	8.3
2008	Houston	6	2	23.0	.286	.208	.636	1.7	1.5	.8	.0	8.7
Career		58	3	21.7	.405	.270	.807	2.8	2.1	.7	.1	9.2

Notes

1. During the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, the team was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets during their temporary relocation to Oklahoma City due to Hurricane Katrina.