Robbie Jackson joined the Georgia Southern Athletic Department staff in August 2008 as Director of Football Sports Medicine. He will work directly with the Eagle Football program.

Jackson spent two years at UCF working with the football program as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. During the 2007 season, the Knights captured the Conference USA title and participated in the Liberty Bowl.

In 2005 he served as the Head Football Athletic Trainer at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He spent two years at Chattanooga pursuing his master’s degree in Health and Human Performance. In 2003-04 he served as the head trainer at Dalton (Ga.) High School, then in his final year he worked as a graduate assistant with the Mocs Football program.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Education specializing in Kinesiology from the University of Kentucky in 2003 and graduated Cum Laude. As an undergraduate trainer for the Wildcats, Jackson worked with the football, swimming/diving, men’s soccer and baseball programs.

He spent the summers of 2001 and 2002 working with the NFL Tennessee Titans during their preseason camp. A native of St. Albans, West Virginia, Jackson is certified with the National Athletic Trainers Association and is CPR/AED certified. He also is a licensed athletic trainer.