Coach Mark Jackson is leaving boyhood club Leeds United to take on his first top job on the frontline of the professional game with Milton Keynes Dons. The 45-year-old came through the coaching ranks at Thorp Arch to be a priceless asset in Jesse Marsch’s push to safety last season.
Yesterday, the head coach said the club would have been relegated had it not been for Jackson’s role behind the scenes. The former Whites defender was useful in laying out the club culture and history to Marsch at a time when the club was fighting for its life.
“All I can really talk about right now is Jacko has been an absolute asset for me from the first day I stepped foot into this building,” he said. “He has done everything, and more than, I could have hoped [for].
