- Jeff Jones (basketball coach)
College coach infobox
Name = Jeff Jones
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1960|6|29
Birthplace = flagicon|United StatesOwensboro, Kentucky
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Sport =Basketball
College = American
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord = 125–113 (.525) (8 seasons)
OverallRecord = 271–217 (.555)
Awards =Patriot League Coach of the Year (2002)
Championships = ACC Regular Season Championship (1995)Patriot League Regular Season Championship (2002, 2004, 2008)Patriot League Tournament Championship (2008)
Player = *
Years = 1979–1982
Team = Virginia
Position =Point guard
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1982–1990
1990–1998
1999–2000
2000–present
CoachTeams = Virginia (asst.)
Virginia
Rhode Island (asst.)
American
BBallHOF =Jeffrey Allen Jones (born
June 29 ,1960 ) is currently the head coach of theAmerican University men'sbasketball team. Coach Jones took the helm of American basketball onApril 17 ,2000 , becoming the 17th coach in the school's history. He was previously serving as an assistant coach onJerry DeGregorio 's staff at Rhode Island.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 University, which he led to the 1973 NCAA Division II title.College
He played
point guard at theUniversity 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 byJohn 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 inPsychology .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 inVirginia 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 Great 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 and 2008Patriot League regular season championships, and in 2002 he was honored as the Basketball America Patriot LeagueCoach 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.
Statistics
See also
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Virginia Cavaliers basketball
*American University References
* [http://aueagles.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jones_jeff01.html Bio on American's athletics page]
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