Jeff Jones (basketball coach)

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Jeff Jones
Title	Head Coach
College	American
Sport	Basketball
Team Record	104-101(.507) (7 seasons)
Born	June 29, 1960 (age 46)
Place of birth	Owensboro, Kentucky
Career Highlights
Overall	250-205 (.549)
Championships
2002,2004 Patriot League Regular Season Champions
Awards
2002 Patriot League Coach of the Year
School as a player
1979-1982	Virginia
Position	Point guard
Coaching positions
1990-1998 2000-Present	Virginia American

Jeffrey Allen Jones (born June 29, 1960) is currently the head coach of the American University men's basketball team. Coach Jones took the helm of American basketball on April 17, 2000, becoming the 17th coach in the school's history. He was previously serving as an assistant coach on Jerry DeGregorio's staff at Rhode Island.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 High school 1.2 College 2 Coaching career 2.1 University of Virginia 2.2 American University 2.3 Statistics 3 See also

[edit] Playing career

[edit] High school

Jones graduated from Apollo High School in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was inducted into the Apollo High School Hall of Fame. His father, Bob, is a former coach of Kentucky Wesleyan University, which he led to the 1973 NCAA Division II title.

[edit] College

He played point guard at the University of Virginia from 1978-82. As a four-year starter (1979-82) at Virginia, Jones was known as a leader and prolific passer. UVa compiled an overall record of 102-28 (.785), while he led the Cavaliers to two NCAA Tournaments and two NITs during his career. Virginia captured the 1980 NIT title, and advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1981.

Jones finished his career as Virginia's all-time assists leader (598), and his 200 assists during the 1979-80 season was UVa's single-season record until both marks were later broken by John Crotty. Jones served as the team captain as a senior during the 1981-82 season and played in 129 games during his career. For his career, he averaged 6.6 points and 4.6 assists per game, while shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 74.3 percent from the free-throw line.

Jones graduated from Virginia in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] University of Virginia

After graduation he spent 8 seasons as an assistant coach under Terry Holland at Virginia until tabbed the 8th head coach in Virginia Cavaliers' history in 1990. He would go on to lead that program for eight seasons. He led Virginia to six postseason appearances (five NCAA, one NIT), one regular-season ACC Championship and four 20-win campaigns.

[edit] American University

Following a brief stint as associate head coach at Rhode Island, Jones was hired as the head coach at American University. He has currently served seven seasons compiling a 104-101 (.507). He has guided American to the 2002 & 2004 Patriot League regular season championship. In 2002 he was honored as the Basketball America Patriot League Coach of the Year.

[edit] Statistics

Year-by-Year Coaching Record
Year	School	Record	Postseason
1990-91	Virginia	21-12	NCAA First Round
1991-92	Virginia	20-13	NIT Champions
1992-93	Virginia	21-10	NCAA Sweet 16
1993-94	Virginia	18-13	NCAA Second Round
1994-95	Virginia	25-9	NCAA Elite 8
1995-96	Virginia	12-15	—
1996-97	Virginia	18-13	NCAA First Round
1997-98	Virginia	11-19	—
2000-01	American	7-20	—
2001-02	American	18-12	—
2002-03	American	16-14	—
2003-04	American	18-13	—
2004-05	American	17-11	—
2005-06	American	12-17	—
2006-07	American	16-14	—
Overall Record	250-205

[edit] See also

• Virginia Cavaliers basketball
• American University

Preceded by Terry Holland	University of Virginia Head Men's Basketball Coach 1990 – 1998	Succeeded by Pete Gillen
Preceded by Art Perry	American University Head Men's Basketball Coach 2000 – Present	Succeeded by Current coach