Former Georgia basketball coach identified

Former Ga. college basketball coach shot dead in Atlanta
Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his body was found.
The death of a former Georgia college basketball coach is treated as a homicide
Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his body was found in the city shortly after his family reported him missing.
Former Georgia basketball coach identified as man found dead in Atlanta
The body of Sammy Jackson, a former men’s coach at Fort Valley State University and Savannah State University, was located Wednesday in a wooded area in northwest Atlanta.
Missing former GA basketball coach ‘found dead in Atlanta,’ family says
A family says a former basketball coach who vanished earlier this week was found dead. According to WGXA, 59-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Jackson, was reported missing by his wife, Jill Jackson, on Jan. 27. WGXA says Jackson was the former head coach of Fort Valley State’s basketball team.
Person of interest named in deadly shooting of former Georgia HBCU basketball coach
Homicide detectives with the Atlanta Police Department say they have a person of interest in the death of 59-year-old Samuel Jackson.
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