Jeff Jones (basketball)
Jones coaches a game in December 2015
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Old Dominion |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 89–51 (.636) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
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 | 441–336 (.568) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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ACC regular season championship (1995) 4× Patriot League regular season championship (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009) 2× Patriot League Tournament championship (2008, 2009) NIT championship (1992) Vegas 16 championship (2016) |
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| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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