Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)

Johnny Jones
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team LSU
Conference SEC
Record 72–43 (.626)
Biographical details
Born (1961-03-30) March 30, 1961
DeRidder, Louisiana
Playing career
1980–1984 LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1997 LSU (asst.)
1997–1999 Memphis (asst.)
1999–2000 Memphis
2000–2001 Alabama (asst.)
2001–2012 North Texas
2012–present LSU
Head coaching record
Overall 277–205 (.575)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Tournament championship (2007, 2010)

John Henry Jones, Jr.[1][2] (born March 30, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at Louisiana State University (LSU).

Jones previously served as the head coach at the University of North Texas. He coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007–11, and two Sun Belt Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament bids. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games.[3]

Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999-2000 season, replacing Tic Price. He coached the team to a 15-16 record.[4]

Playing career

Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at LSU, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.

Head Coaching Record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1999–2000)
1999–00 Memphis 15–16 7–9 5th (National)
Memphis: 15–16 (.484) 7–9 (.438)
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2001–present)
2001–02 North Texas 15–14 8–7 4th (West)
2002–03 North Texas 7–21 2–13 6th (West)
2003–04 North Texas 13–15 8–8 3rd (West)
2004–05 North Texas 14–14 6–9 T–4th (West)
2005–06 North Texas 14–14 6–9 T–4th (West)
2006–07 North Texas 23–11 10–8 3rd (West) NCAA First Round
2007–08 North Texas 20–11 10–8 3rd (West)
2008–09 North Texas 20–12 11–7 2nd (West)
2009–10 North Texas 24–9 13–5 1st (West) NCAA First Round
2010–11 North Texas 22–11 8–8 4th (West)
2011–12 North Texas 18–14 9–7 4th (West)
North Texas: 190–146 (.565) 91–88 (.508)
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 LSU 19–12 9–9 T–8th
2013–14 LSU 20–14 9–9 T–6th NIT Second Round
2014–15 LSU 22–11 11–7 T–3rd NCAA First Round
2015–16 LSU 14-8 7-2  
LSU: 75–44 (.630) 36–27 (.571)
Total: 277–205 (.575)

      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

NCAA tournament

Year School Record Winning % Notes
2007 North Texas 0-1 .000 Eliminated by (Memphis Tigers) in NCAA First Round
2010 North Texas 0-1 .000 Eliminated by (Kansas State Wildcats) in NCAA First Round
2015 LSU 0-1 .000 Eliminated by (NC State Wolfpack) in NCAA Second Round
Totals 0-3 .000 2 NCAA First Round (Won 0), 1 NCAA Second Round (Won 0)

NIT tournament

Year School Record Winning % Notes
2014 LSU 1-1 .500 Defeated (San Francisco Dons) in NIT First Round, Eliminated by (SMU Mustangs) in NIT Second Round
Totals 1-1 .500 1 NIT Second Round (Won 1)

References

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49771231
  2. Rosetta, Randy. "LSU's Johnny Jones took the long road to where he always wanted to be". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2015. That's what Jones' father, John Henry Jones, thought all along. He died in 2004, a few years short of seeing his son realize his latest dream.
  3. "Johnny Jones". North Texas Mean Green. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  4. "Johnny Jones". LSU. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

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