This is a good recruiting move as well. Coach Jackson has coached at HBCU‘s in Florida, Mississippi, and Texas, plus he played at UGA and was on staff there briefly. This gives us even better ties to high school coaches in football factory states.
Shawn Smith was a coach at Appalachian State when the defeated the Angry Weasels in the Big House at Ann Arbor, MI. Don't begrudge him the K-town plum in his career.