The next individual in our Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey spotlight series isn’t a player, but head coach Jeff Jackson. Jackson is in his thirteenth year as head coach of the Irish, and in my opinion deserves credit for putting Notre Dame hockey on the map. At a school where national success is expected from a wide variety of athletics, he’s as important to the hockey program as any other Fighting Irish coach has been to their sport.
A native of the Detroit suburb of Roseville, Michigan, Jackson spent the early part of his coaching career in his home state where he instantly found success.