The current principal of Salem’s New Liberty Innovation School, Jamaal was a three-year standout for the Witches boys basketball team after relocating from his native Brooklyn, N.Y. As a junior, he was a key player in SHS’s greatest-ever season which saw the Witches go 25-0 and capture the MIAA Division 2 state championship.

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That year he was named to the NEC all-star team and finished runner-up for NEC Player of the Year behind teammate Scoonie Penn. As a senior, he went on to average 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for the Witches, and attended Notre Dame Prep for a postgraduate year, which saw him earn All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) honors and accept a full scholarship to Providence College.

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During the offseason throughout high school, Jamaal played for the renowned Boston Area Basketball Club (BABC) and helped lead it to consecutive Boston Shootout titles and a No. 1 ranking among AAU teams in the country.

 

After high school, Jamaal attended Providence College for three seasons before finishing his senior year at the University of New Haven, where he earned Northeast-10 Conference First Team status, and earned his undergraduate degree in business administration.

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Jamaal has been an active coach and clinician since graduation, serving as an assistant boys coach at Charlestown High School (2005-14) and the assistant girls coach at Tech Boston Academy (2017-22). He co-founded Basketball’s Promise, an AAU basketball program which uniquely provided academic resources for Boston-area youths, which ran from 2008-14.

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In 2023, Jamaal was inducted into the Salem High School Athletic Hall of Fame for his accomplishments on the basketball court, a distinct honor and credit to his hard work and perseverance.