James Jones (basketball, born 1964)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Yale |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 401–316 (.559) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 20, 1964 Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1986 | Albany |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1995 | Albany (assistant) |
| 1995–1997 | Yale (assistant) |
| 1997–1999 | Ohio (assistant) |
| 1999–present | Yale |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 401–316 (.559) |
| Tournaments | 2–4 (NCAA Division I) 1–2 (NIT) 4–2 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 6 Ivy League regular season (2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023) 3 Ivy League tournament (2019, 2022, 2024) | |
| Awards | |
| Hugh Durham Award (2016) Ben Jobe Award (2019) 4× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2020, 2023) | |
James Fitzgerald Jones[1] (born February 20, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach at Yale University.
Born on Long Island, Jones played college basketball at SUNY Albany and worked as a sales executive for NCR Corporation before beginning his coaching career.[2] Jones succeeded Dick Kuchen as the 22nd men's basketball head coach of Yale University on April 27, 1999.[3] On March 17, 2016, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fifth-seeded Baylor University Bears in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[4] On March 22, 2024, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fourth-seeded Auburn University Tigers in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Five of Jones' assistants have gone on to become head coaches: Ted Hotaling (University of New Haven), Rob Senderoff (Kent State University), Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin College), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of Art University), and Mark Gilbride (Clarkson University).[5]
Jones was inducted into New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, is a three-time Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, and 2020), and has been named the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year three times.[6]
His brother, Joe Jones, is the current men's basketball head coach at Boston University and was previously the men's basketball head coach at Columbia University.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1999–present) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Yale | 7–20 | 5–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Yale | 10–17 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Yale | 21–11 | 11–3 | T–1st | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2002–03 | Yale | 14–13 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Yale | 12–15 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Yale | 11–16 | 7–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 2005–06 | Yale | 15–14 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Yale | 14–13 | 10–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2007–08 | Yale | 13–15 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Yale | 13–15 | 8–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Yale | 12–19 | 6–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Yale | 15–13 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2011–12 | Yale | 19–10 | 9–5 | 4th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Yale | 14–17 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2013–14 | Yale | 19–14 | 9–5 | 2nd | CIT Runner-Up | ||||
| 2014–15 | Yale | 22–10 | 11–3 | T–1st | |||||
| 2015–16 | Yale | 23–7 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Yale | 18–11 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2017–18 | Yale | 16–15 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2018–19 | Yale | 22–8 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Yale | 23–7 | 11–3 | 1st | Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Yale[a] | ||||||||
| 2021–22 | Yale | 19–12 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Yale | 21–9 | 10–4 | T–1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Yale | 23–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Yale | 5–5 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Yale: | 401–316 (.559) | 220–125 (.638) | |||||||
| Total: | 401–316 (.559) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "The divine nature of basketball : my season inside the Ivy League". Austin Public Library. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Jack (22 February 2002). "BASKETBALL; An Unlikely Ivy Crown Is Within Yale's Reach". New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ "Bulldogs name new coaches". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ O'Neil, Dana. "Yale earns tourney's first upset following perfect Cinderella script". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ^ "James Jones - Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Yale University. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ "James Jones - Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Men's Basketball - Men's Basketball Coaches".
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