They say Sammy Jackson, who served as the Fort Valley State men's basketball coach from 2011 until he left in 2018, was found dead in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Former Headland basketball star and University of Alabama assistant basketball coach was found dead in Atlanta, according to reports. WGXA in Macon, Georgia, reported that Sammy Jackson was found dead by investigators on Wednesday after he went missing on January 27.

Former Fort Valley State University basketball coach Samuel “Sammy” Jackson, 59, who had been missing since Jan. 27, was found deceased in Atlanta, his family confirmed to WGXA News. Jackson, a resident of Fort Valley,

Sammy Jackson, 59, was a star basketball player at Headland High School near Dothan who made all-conference playing for the University of Montevallo.