Brian Jackson was a ball boy for the Houston Academy varsity boys soccer program when his father, Ken Jackson, led the Raiders from 1994-1997.
“I just didn’t have a care in the world,” Brian remembers. “I was just a little kid out on the soccer field watching my older brother and dad and being involved in soccer. I just fell in love with the game.”
“When I was a child, it was just very serious … very difficult, but we were always really good,” Brian said. “So when you’re just a kid, you show up to work for two hours and you have a fun time playing soccer. You have to get through all the nuances like drills and all the different moves and you look forward to the scrimmaging at the end.
“With the nature of my job, I post any job announcements on the website,” Brian said. “When the athletic director came to me and said, ‘Hey, post this job, it’s open’ that’s when I said, ‘Just to let you know, I’m applying for it and don’t be surprised if my dad’s applying for it too.’ “There have been a number of things I’ve learned from him, but that one thing that really sticks out to me is how prepared are you, an hour or an hour-and-a-half leading up to practice, to where you have that two-hour time slot and you’re getting everything you can out of the kids,” Brian said.
After serving as an assistant at Northview for six years, Jackson stepped away from soccer for a while. He also has been an assistant for the HA softball team and plans to continue helping in that role when time permits, along with working with kickers during the football season. “As a result I had four coaches who were constantly barking … this is what you have to do,” he said. “This is how you lead, and if you do that, your teams are going to be successful. It’s not necessarily the won-loss record. Teams are successful because of how the kids have advanced and improved.”
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