Rick Jones (baseball coach)
| Sport(s) | College baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Tulane |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Bennett, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1972–1973 | Sandhills CC |
| 1974–1975 | UNC Wilmington |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1984 | Ferrum College |
| 1985–1989 | Elon |
| 1990–1993 | Georgia Tech (Asst.) |
| 1994–2014 | Tulane |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 827–457–2 |
| Tournaments | C-USA: 39–23 NCAA: 28–26 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Carolina Conference Regular Season (1985, 1987, 1989) Conference USA Regular Season (1997, 1998, 2001, 2005) Conference USA Tournament (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005) |
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| Awards | |
| Carolina Conference Coach of the Year (1985, 1987, 1989) Conference USA Coach of the Year (1997, 2001, 2005) Baseball America National Coach of the Year (2005) |
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Rick Jones is an American college baseball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Tulane Green Wave baseball team. He held that position for 21 seasons – from 1994 to 2014.
Jones led the Green Wave to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2001 his team advanced to the College World Series for the first time in school history. In 2005, he again led his team to the CWS, this time as the overall #1 seed in the tournament. Jones' Green Wave teams won four Conference USA regular-season championships (1997, 1998, 2001, 2005) and five Conference USA tournament championships (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005).
Early in his coaching career, Jones coaches at Ferrum College, while it was an NJCAA member, and at Elon College, while it was an NAIA member.
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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