Donnie Jones (basketball)

Donnie Jones

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	UCF
Record	25–14
Biographical details
Born	July 7, 1966 (1966-07-07) (age 45)
Place of birth	Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA
Playing career
1984–1988	Pikeville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990 1990–1996 1996–2007 2007–2010 2010–present	Pikeville (Asst.) Marshall (Asst.) Florida (Asst.) Marshall UCF
Head coaching record
Overall	80–55

Donnie Jones (born July 7, 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia) is an American college basketball coach and former college basketball player. Jones is currently the head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team that represents the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.^[1]

After spending three years as head coach at Marshall, amassing a 55–41 record,^[2] Jones was hired by UCF after the university decided not to retain Kirk Speraw for the 2010–11 season.^[3] Before Marshall, Jones was an assistant with the Florida Gators for 11 seasons, and was hired by Marshall after he helped Billy Donovan coach the Gators to consecutive national championships in 2006 and 2007.^[3] Jones is the Knights third head coach since entering into Division I play.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall (Conference USA) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Marshall	16–14	8–8	8th
2008–09	Marshall	15–17	7–9	7th
2009–10	Marshall	24–10	11–5	4th	CIT Quarterfinals
Marshall:		55–41	26–22
UCF (Conference USA) (2010–present)
2010–11	UCF	21–12	6–10	9th	CBI Semifinals
2011–12	UCF	4–2	0–0	3rd
UCF:		25–14	6–10
Total:		80–55
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season & conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball head coaches

L. B. Crotty (1906–1908)
Boyd Chambers (1908–1909)
No team (1909–1910)
Arch Reilly (1910–1914)
No team (1914–1918)
Skeeter Shelton (1918–1919)
No team (1919–1920)
Herbert Cramer (1920–1921)
No team (1921–1922)
J. E. R. Barnes (1922–1923)
Bill Strickling (1923–1924)
Russell Meredith (1924–1925)
Charles Tallman (1925–1926)
Bill Strickling (1926–1927)
Johnny Stuart (1927–1931)
Tom Dandelet (1931–1935)
Cam Henderson (1935–1955)
Jule Rivlin (1955–1963)
Ellis T. Johnson (1963–1969)
Stewart Way (1969–1971)
Carl Tacy (1971–1972)
Bob Daniels (1972–1977)
Stu Aberdeen (1977–1979)
Bob Zuffelato (1979–1983)
Rick Huckabay (1983–1989)
Dana Altman (1989–1990)
Dwight Freeman (1990–1994)
Billy Donovan (1994–1996)
Greg White (1996–2003)
Ron Jirsa (2003–2007)
Donnie Jones (2007–2010)
Tom Herrion (2010– )

UCF Knights men's basketball head coaches

Torchy Clark (1969–1983) Chuck Machock (1983–1985) Phil Carter (1985–1989) Joe Dean (1989–1993) Kirk Speraw (1993–2010) Donnie Jones (2010– )

Current men's basketball head coaches of Conference USA

Jeff Lebo (East Carolina) James Dickey (Houston) Tom Herrion (Marshall) Josh Pastner (Memphis) Ben Braun (Rice) Matt Doherty (SMU) Larry Eustachy (Southern Miss) Ed Conroy (Tulane) Doug Wojcik (Tulsa) Mike Davis (UAB) Donnie Jones (UCF) Tim Floyd (UTEP)

Florida Gators Men's Basketball 2005–06 NCAA Champions

2 Corey Brewer \| 4 Adrian Moss \| 11 Taurean Green \| 12 Lee Humphrey \| 13 Joakim Noah (MOP) \| 15 Walter Hodge \| 32 Chris Richard \| 33 David Huertas \| 42 Al Horford Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coaches Donnie Jones \| Anthony Grant \| Larry Shyatt

Florida Gators Men's Basketball 2006–07 NCAA Champions

2 Corey Brewer (MOP) \| 11 Taurean Green \| 12 Lee Humphrey \| 13 Joakim Noah \| 15 Walter Hodge \| 21 Dan Werner \| 32 Chris Richard \| 34 Marreese Speights \| 42 Al Horford Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coaches Donnie Jones \| Lewis Preston \| Larry Shyatt

Persondata
Name	Jones, Donnie
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Date of birth	July 7, 1966
Place of birth	Point Pleasant, WV
Date of death
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