Johnny Jones (basketball coach)
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Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Texas Southern |
Conference | SWAC |
Record | 0–0 |
Biographical details | |
Born |
DeRidder, Louisiana | March 30, 1961
Playing career | |
1980–1984 | LSU |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1984–1997 | LSU (asst.) |
1997–1999 | Memphis (asst.) |
1999–2000 | Memphis (interim HC) |
2000–2001 | Alabama (asst.) |
2001–2012 | North Texas |
2012–2017 | LSU |
2017–2018 | Nevada (assoc. HC) |
2018–present | Texas Southern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 295–234 (.558) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2× Sun Belt Tournament championship (2007, 2010) |
John Henry Jones Jr.[1][2] (born March 30, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Texas Southern.[3] He was formerly the men's basketball head coach at North Texas and at his alma mater LSU.
During Jones' stint at North Texas, he coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007–11, and two Sun Belt Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament bids. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games.[4]
Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999–2000 season, replacing Tic Price. He coached the team to a 15–16 record.[5]
Playing career
Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at LSU, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1999–2000) | |||||||||
1999–00 | Memphis | 15–16 | 7–9 | 5th (National) | |||||
Memphis: | 15–16 (.484) | 7–9 (.438) | |||||||
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2001–2012) | |||||||||
2001–02 | North Texas | 15–14 | 8–7 | 4th (West) | |||||
2002–03 | North Texas | 7–21 | 2–13 | 6th (West) | |||||
2003–04 | North Texas | 13–15 | 8–8 | 3rd (West) | |||||
2004–05 | North Texas | 14–14 | 6–9 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2005–06 | North Texas | 14–14 | 6–9 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2006–07 | North Texas | 23–11 | 10–8 | 3rd (West) | NCAA First Round | ||||
2007–08 | North Texas | 20–11 | 10–8 | 3rd (West) | |||||
2008–09 | North Texas | 20–12 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2009–10 | North Texas | 24–9 | 13–5 | 1st (West) | NCAA First Round | ||||
2010–11 | North Texas | 22–11 | 8–8 | 4th (West) | |||||
2011–12 | North Texas | 18–14 | 9–7 | 4th (West) | |||||
North Texas: | 190–146 (.565) | 91–89 (.506) | |||||||
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2012–2017) | |||||||||
2012–13 | LSU | 19–12 | 9–9 | T–8th | |||||
2013–14 | LSU | 20–14 | 9–9 | T–6th | NIT Second Round | ||||
2014–15 | LSU | 22–11 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2015–16 | LSU | 19–14 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
2016–17 | LSU | 10–21 | 2–16 | T–13th | |||||
LSU: | 90–72 (.556) | 42–48 (.467) | |||||||
Texas Southern Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–present) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Texas Southern | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Total: | 295–234 (.558) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NCAA Tournament
Year | School | Record | Winning % | Notes |
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2007 | North Texas | 0–1 | .000 | Eliminated by No. 2 (Memphis Tigers) in NCAA First Round |
2010 | North Texas | 0–1 | .000 | Eliminated by No. 2 (Kansas State Wildcats) in NCAA First Round |
2015 | LSU | 0–1 | .000 | Eliminated by No. 8 (NC State Wolfpack) in NCAA First Round |
Totals | 0–3 | .000 | 3 NCAA First Round (Won 0), 0 NCAA Second Round (Won 0) |
NIT Tournament
Year | School | Record | Winning % | Notes |
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2014 | LSU | 1–1 | .500 | Defeated (San Francisco Dons) in NIT First Round, Eliminated by (SMU Mustangs) in NIT Second Round |
Totals | 1–1 | .500 | made '1 NIT Second Round (Won 0) |
References
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49771231
- ↑ Rosetta, Randy. "LSU's Johnny Jones took the long road to where he always wanted to be". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
That's what Jones' father, John Henry Jones, thought all along. He died in 2004, a few years short of seeing his son realize his latest dream.
- ↑ Miller, Brody (June 25, 2018). "Former LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones to be Texas Southern's new coach". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Johnny Jones". North Texas Mean Green. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Johnny Jones". LSU. Retrieved March 25, 2015.