TERRY JACKSON TO BE INDUCTED INTO
CONN. SOCCER HALL OF FAME JANUARY 29, 2005 (Coached Men's Soccer at Wesleyan from 1968 through
1998)
Terry Jackson, who coached the men's soccer team at Wesleyan University for 31
seasons from 1968 through 1998, will be one of nine inductees into the
Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Farmington (Conn.)
Marriott Hotel Saturday, January 29, 2005. This is the seventh year that worthy
individuals have been chosen for induction into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of
Fame with 62 previous members over the first six years. Jackson is a 1960 graduate of
Springfield College where he was an All-American defender and played for the
Chiefs' 1957 national championship team. He came to Wesleyan in 1968
after coaching soccer at the collegiate level at both Moravian College in
Pennsylvania and at the University of Indiana. At Wesleyan, Jackson was
a two-sport head coach most of his career, taking over the reins of the men's
lacrosse team in 1974 and handling that squad in addition to men's soccer
through the 1996 season. He concluded his final three years at Wesleyan
as head mentor of men's soccer and assistant coach in men's lacrosse. Over his 31 seasons as men's soccer
coach at Wesleyan, Jackson compiled a career record of 209-163-39 and is the
winningest coach ever at Wesleyan in the history of men's soccer, which played
its first season in 1924. Jackson's finest season came in 1991 when his
charges posted a best-ever 15-1-1 record, ranked first in New England Division
III and seventh nationally. That squad captured an ECAC New England
Division III title. Jackson was named National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) regional coach of the year in 1991.
Jackson's squads also claimed an ECAC title in both 1973 and 1980. Jackson was president of the NSCAA
in1997 and president of the New England Intercollegiate Soccer League in 1987.
Jackson received the Honor Award from both the NSCAA and the NEILA in 1993 for
outstanding contributions to the sport of soccer. He was the chairman of
the NSCAA's All-American selection committee for five years and was a member
of the NSCAA's academic All-American committee as well.
An adjunct professor of physical education at
Wesleyan when he retired in 1999, Jackson now resides in Dunnellon, Fla. with
his wife, Karen.
