Karl Jackson is again one of the Fitzroy Men’s Assistant Coaches for 2021.
Karl is a former Preston Bullants’ reserves assistant coach and has 15 years’ coaching experience in volleyball, including the past eight at Scotch College.
With a sporting background that’s included volleyball, athletics, Rugby Union and Rugby League, the native Queenslander, has played with two years with Ivanhoe and one (as playing assistant coach) for the Preston Bullants before a back injury recently put an end to his short football career.
Karl’s day job is Head of Data & Analytics at Champion Data, where he has been for 11 years; this has involved close contact with AFL coaches and analysts, and construction of new algorithms/metrics to analyse AFL teams and players.
