James Jones (basketball coach)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Yale |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 272–249 (.522) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 20, 1964 Long Island, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1986 | Albany |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1995 | Albany (asst.) |
| 1995–1997 | Yale (asst.) |
| 1997–1999 | Ohio (asst.) |
| 1999–present | Yale |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 272–249 (.522) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Ivy League championship (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016) Hugh Durham Award (2016) |
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James Fitzgerald Jones (born February 20, 1964) is an American college basketball coach and the current basketball coach at Yale University.
Born in Long Island, Jones played college basketball at SUNY Albany and worked as a sales executive for NCR Corporation before beginning his coaching career. Jones succeeded Dick Kuchen as 22nd head men's basketball coach of Yale University on April 27, 1999. On March 17, 2016, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fifth-seeded Baylor University Bears in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
His brother, Joe Jones, is the current head men's basketball coach at Boston University and was previously the head men's basketball coach at Columbia University.
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
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