ATLANTA (41NBC/WMGT) – Former Fort Valley State University coach Sammy Jackson has been found dead, according to his family.

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman, persuaded 17-year-old Gavin Guffey to send him nude photos and then threatened to publicize them if Guffey didn’t send money.

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

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 HBCU basketball coach Samuel Jackson has been found dead in Atlanta after being reported missing earlier in the week. Jackson, who coached eight seasons at Fort Valley State, was reported missing on Monday after he never returned home from his job driving Uber.

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,