Mya Jackson is in her first year as an assistant coach in 2024-25.
She joined the staff after wrapping up her collegiate playing career in 2023-24 at the University of Cincinnati, where she spent two seasons with the Bearcats after playing three seasons at Seton Hall University.
"I had the opportunity to recruit Mya to Seton Hall when she was coming out of high school and knew through the recruiting process that she would eventually transition into coaching because of her mindset and cerebral approach to the game," said head coach Nick DiPillo. "After witnessing her success as a player in the BIG EAST and the Big XII, I am very excited that Mya has chosen to begin her coaching career with us. Her experiences at the highest level will impact our student-athletes from Day 1."
Following a decorated high school career at Wilmington (Ohio) High School, Jackson made an immediate impact during her first season with the SHU Pirates, averaging 10.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 27.0 minutes per game on her way to being named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team.
Jackson started all 21 games during a shortened 2020-21 season, averaging 10.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 28.4 minutes per game to help the Pirates to a 12-5 record in BIG EAST play. She ranked fourth in the BIG EAST with a .417 three-point shooting percentage, and ranked sixth in the league with 1.9 made threes per game.
During her final season with Seton Hall in 2021-22, Jackson started 33 of the team's 34 games and averaged 32.0 minutes per game. She once again ranked in the top 10 among BIG EAST players in three-point field goal percentage, and reached double figures in scoring 15 times.
Jackson helped the Pirates advance to the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals, playing all 40 minutes during the team's 66-65 quarterfinal victory over Creighton. Jackson and the Pirates then went on a run in the 2022 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), winning five consecutive games to earn a spot in the National Championship game. During a 74-73 win over Middle Tennessee State in the WNIT Semifinals, Jackson provided 13 points and four rebounds with three made threes.
Jackson was named to the All-Academic BIG EAST team in all three of her years at Seton Hall.
In her first season with Cincinnati in 2022-23, Jackson started 28 games with averages of 11.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 32.4 minutes per game. She scored in double figures during her first nine games with the Bearcats, including a season-best 24-point outing in 45 minutes played during an overtime setback against Toledo.
Jackson scored her 1,000th career point against Memphis on January 14, 2023.
In her graduate season with the Bearcats in 2023-24, Jackson started each of the team's first five games, but was forced to miss 25 of the final 27 games of the campaign due to injury.
Jackson earned her Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Cincinnati.
