UAM has announced that William “Hud” Jackson, head coach of UAM Football, will step down from his coaching duties at the end of the 2025 season to focus on continuing his service as the director of athletics at UAM.
Jackson became the head football coach at UAM in 2011. Beginning in July 2021, he also served as interim director of athletics, and he was named director of athletics in March 2022. He has served in that position and as the head football coach since then.
In a statement released on Sunday, the full text of which can be read at UAMSports.com, Jackson thanked his family, friends, coaching staff, players and university administrators for the opportunities he has had, and noted, “This is a tough day, but also a proud one. Football has been my life for 57 years. I’ve been a coach’s kid, a player and a coach — it’s all I’ve ever known. And I wouldn’t trade a minute of it.”
His fifteen years at the helm of UAM Football are highlighted by the team’s appearance at the 2018 Corsicana Bowl, its first postseason appearance in 25 years. In October 2025, Jackson reached his 50th program win. He is the longest-serving and second-winningest football head coach in UAM program history. His teams produced five All-American players, 56 All-Conference players, two Cliff Harris Award nominees, one GAC Offensive Player of the Year, one GAC Freshman of the Year and 55 Conference Academic Team members.
“Winning 50 games as a head coach — that’s something special. Making it to a bowl game — unforgettable. But what matters most to me are the people. To every player I’ve had the privilege to coach and to every assistant I’ve had the honor to work beside — thank you. You made this journey worthwhile,” Jackson said.
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