Valdosta State head coach Tremaine Jackson is leaving the Blazers to take over as head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers, per a statement by Jackson and Valdosta State athletics. The announcement came Saturday evening via a post on Jackson’s social media account, shortly after Valdosta State’s 49-14 loss to Ferris State in the NCAA Division II Championship.
“I asked the VSU administration weeks ago to secure a long-term plan for success for our program and we could not reach an agreement on what that would look like,” Jackson shared in his post . “That being said, we’ve accepted another coaching opportunity that we couldn’t pass up.”
Jackson, who became Valdosta State’s first Black head coach in 2021, spent three seasons with the Blazers, continuing the football program’s legacy as one of the premier Division II football programs in the country. Under his leadership, the Blazers advanced through the playoffs this season with commanding wins, including defeats of HBCU powerhouses Miles College and Virginia Union en route to the national championship…