What has former UNC basketball player Jackson Simmons been up to? 'A lot of learning'

Posted Oct 8, 2019
Since graduating from UNC in 2015, Jackson Simmons has worked as a graduate assistant with UNC-Charlotte and Western Carolina’s director of basketball operations. In May 2018, he joined the Charlotte Hornets as an assistant video coordinator. And last week, he returned to the Smith Center, where the Hornets held their preseason training camp. (Daily Tar Heel)

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