Jeff Jones (basketball)

Jeff Jones
Current position
Jones coaches a game in December 2015
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	Old Dominion
Record	54–33 (.621)
Biographical details
Born	(1960-06-29) June 29, 1960 Owensboro, Kentucky
Playing career
1978–1982	Virginia
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1990	Virginia (asst.)
1990–1998	Virginia
1999–2000	Rhode Island (asst.)
2000–2013	American
2013–present	Old Dominion
Head coaching record
Overall	411–319 (.563)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
ACC regular season championship (1995) 4× Patriot League regular season championship (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009) 2× Patriot League Tournament championship (2008, 2009)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2002)

Jeffrey Allen Jones (born June 29, 1960) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head coach of the Old Dominion University basketball team. Jones took the helm of Old Dominion basketball on April 3, 2013. He previously served as head coach of the American Eagles and the Virginia Cavaliers.

Playing career

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 College, which he led to the 1973 NCAA Division II title.

College

He played point guard at the University of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. As a four-year starter at Virginia, Jones was known as a leader and prolific passer. During his playing career, the Cavaliers 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% from the free-throw line.

Despite being drafted by the NBA's Indiana Pacers in 1982, Jones never played as a professional. He graduated from Virginia in the same year with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

Coaching career

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. He beat Roy Williams and #1 seeded Kansas in Kansas City to reach the Elite 8 in 1995.

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 eight seasons compiling a 135–118 (.533). After the school moved from the Colonial Athletic Association, he guided American to the 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2009 Patriot League regular season championships, and in 2002 he was honored as the Basketball America Patriot League Coach of the Year. However, the team fell in the conference tournament title game each year from 2002–2004, failing to garner an NCAA tournament bid.

On December 22, 2007, Jones led AU to its first victory over the University of Maryland in the last 80 years. Jones previously coached AU to victory over Florida State University, making him the only Patriot League coach to beat an ACC team.

On March 14, 2008, Jones led AU to its first NCAA Tournament, as the Eagles beat Colgate 52–46.

On March 22, 2008, Jones and the American University faced the Tennessee Volunteers at BJCC Arena in Birmingham, AL. Despite leading early on, American lost to Tennessee (57–72); ending American's NCAA trip.

He led the Eagles into the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on March 19, 2009. After holding a 14-point lead over Villanova early in the second half, the Eagles let the game slip away at the end and the 14th seeded Eagles lost to Villanova at the Wachovia Center.

Despite being a #2 seed in the 2011 Patriot League Tournament, American was upset in the semifinal round, getting knocked off by Lafayette College in double overtime, 73-71. The #1 seed in the tournament was Bucknell, who finished the season two games ahead of Jones' team.

Old Dominion University

On April 3, 2013, Jones was hired as the new head coach at Old Dominion University.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Virginia Cavaliers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1990–1998)
1990–91	Virginia	21–12	6–8	T–5th	NCAA First Round
1991–92	Virginia	20–13	8–8	T–4th	NIT Champions
1992–93	Virginia	21–10	9–7	5th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1993–94	Virginia	18–13	8–8	T–4th	NCAA Second Round
1994–95	Virginia	25–9	12–4	T–1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1995–96	Virginia	12–15	6–10	7th
1996–97	Virginia	18–13	7–9	6th	NCAA First Round
1997–98	Virginia	11–19	3–13	9th
Virginia:		146–104 (.584)	59–67 (.468)
American Eagles (Colonial) (2000–2001)
2000–01	American	7–20	3–13	9th
American Eagles (Patriot League) (2001–2013)
2001–02	American	18–12	10–4	1st
2002–03	American	16–14	9–5^[2]	T–2nd
2003–04	American	18–13	10–4	T–1st
2004–05	American	16–11	9–5	3rd
2005–06	American	12–17	7–7	4th
2006–07	American	16–14	7–7	T–3rd
2007–08	American	21–12	10–4	1st	NCAA First Round
2008–09	American	24–8	13–1	1st	NCAA First Round
2009–10	American	11–20	7–7	T–4th
2010–11	American	22–9	11–3	2nd
2011–12	American	20–12	10–4	3rd	CIT First Round
2012–13	American	10–20	5–9	7th
American:		211–182 (.537)	111–73 (.603)
Old Dominion (Conference USA) (2013–present)
2013–14	Old Dominion	18–18	9–7	6th	CBI Semifinals
2014–15	Old Dominion	27–8	13–5	T–2nd	NIT Semifinals
2015–16	Old Dominion	9-7	2-1
Old Dominion:		54–33 (.621)	24–13 (.649)
Total:		411–319 (.563)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/jeff-jones-to-leave-american-basketball-for-old-dominion/2013/04/03/40908a9a-9c9d-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
↑ Was awarded a Conference Only forfeiture victory. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/friv/forfeits.cgi

Bio on American's athletics page

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball head coaches

Henry Lannigan (1905–1929) Roy Randall (1929–1930) Gus Tebell (1930–1951) Evan Male (1951–1957) Billy McCann (1957–1963) Bill Gibson (1963–1974) Terry Holland (1974–1990) Jeff Jones (1990–1998) Pete Gillen (1998–2005) Dave Leitao (2005–2009) Tony Bennett (2009– )

American Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Springston (1926–1929)
Walter Young (1929–1936)
Paul Smith (1936–1937)
Stafford Cassell (1937–1942)
Cal Kalijarvi (1942–1944)
Arthur Boyd (1944–1946)
Stafford Cassell (1946–1952)
Dutch Schulze (1952–1956)
David Carrasco (1956–1962)
Jimmy Williams (1962–1965)
Alan Kyber (1965–1969)
Tom Young (1969–1973)
Jim Lynam (1973–1978)
Gary Williams (1978–1982)
Ed Tapscott (1982–1990)
Chris Knoche (1990–1997)
Art Perry (1997–2000)
Jeff Jones (2000–2013)
Mike Brennan (2013– )

Old Dominion Monarchs basketball head coaches

Tommy Scott (1930–1940)
George Stirnweiss (1940–1942)
Scrap Chandler (1942–1946)
Julius Rubin (1946–1947)
Jack Callahan (1947–1948)
Bud Metheny (1948–1965)
Sonny Allen (1965–1975)
Paul Webb (1975–1985)
Tom Young (1985–1991)
Oliver Purnell (1991–1994)
Jeff Capel II (1994–2001)
Blaine Taylor (2001–2013)
Jim Corrigan # (2013)
Jeff Jones (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of Conference USA

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