Donald Isaac Jones Sr. (born July 7, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is currently the men's head basketball coach at Stetson University.This past season lead Stetson University to its First NCAA Tourney in its 53 year history of the school. Prior to Stetson, Jones served as the head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team from 2010 to 2016[1] and at Marshall from 2007 to 2010.
 Jones in 2008 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Stetson |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun |
| Record | 79–81 (.494) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 7, 1966 Point Pleasant, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1984–1988 | Pikeville |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1990 | Pikeville (assistant) |
| 1990–1996 | Marshall (assistant) |
| 1996–2007 | Florida (assistant) |
| 2007–2010 | Marshall |
| 2010–2016 | UCF |
| 2017–2018 | Wichita State (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | Dayton (assistant) |
| 2019–present | Stetson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 234–210 (.527) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) 3–3 (CBI) 1–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| ASUN tournament (2024) | |
After spending three years as head coach at Marshall, amassing a 55–41 record,[2] Jones was hired by UCF after the university decided not to retain Kirk Speraw for the 2010–11 season.[3] Before Marshall, Jones was an assistant with the Florida Gators for 11 seasons, and was hired by Marshall after he helped Billy Donovan coach the Gators to consecutive national championships in 2006 and 2007.[3] Afterwards, Jones joined the Knights in 2010, serving as their third head coach since entering into Division I play. On March 10, 2016, Jones was replaced after the team's first round loss in the American Athletic Conference tournament.
In the 2016–17 season, Jones worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. Jones returned to college coaching in April 2017 as an assistant at Wichita State under Gregg Marshall.[4]
In July 2018, Jones was hired by the University of Dayton as assistant coach under Anthony Grant. The 2 previously served together as assistant coaches at Marshall from 1994 to 1996 and at Florida from 1996 to 2006.[5]
On March 29, 2019, Jones was named the 22nd head coach at Stetson University.[6]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Marshall | 16–14 | 8–8 | 8th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Marshall | 15–17 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| 2009–10 | Marshall | 24–10 | 11–5 | 4th | CIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Marshall: | 55–41 (.573) | 26–22 (.542) | |||||||
| UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2010–2013) | |||||||||
| 2010–11* | UCF | 21–12* | 6–10* | 9th* | CBI Semifinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | UCF | 22–11 | 10–6 | 4th | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | UCF | 20–11 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
| UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2013–2016) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | UCF | 13–18 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2014–15 | UCF | 12–18 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2015–16 | UCF | 12–18 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
| UCF: | 100–88* (.532) | 44–61 (.419) | |||||||
| Stetson Hatters (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Stetson | 16–17 | 9–7 | T–3rd | No postseason held | ||||
| 2020–21 | Stetson | 12–15 | 7–9 | 7th | CBI Semifinal | ||||
| 2021–22 | Stetson | 11–19 | 5–11 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2022–23 | Stetson | 17–14 | 12–6 | T–3rd | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Stetson | 22–13 | 11–5 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Stetson | 1–9 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Stetson: | 79–87 (.476) | 44–38 (.537) | |||||||
| Total: | 234–216 (.520) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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* UCF had its wins from the 2010–11 season vacated after it was ruled that there was an ineligible player for the Knights.[7]
Personal life
editJones is married to Michelle Jones. They have three children.[8]
References
edit- ^ "UCF to Introduce Donnie Jones as Men's Basketball Head Coach Tuesday". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "Player Bio: Donnie Jones". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ a b "New coach Jones eyes big things for UCF". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Donnie Jones, Assistant Coach". Wichita State Shockers. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ Jablonski, David (July 12, 2018). "Donnie Jones joins Dayton Flyers coach Anthony Grant's staff". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ "Donnie Jones Named Named 22nd Men's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). Stetson Hatters. March 29, 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ "UCF responds to NCAA concerning alleged infractions (PDF)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "DONNIE JONES". Retrieved 17 October 2020.
External links
edit- UCF Knights bio
- Marshall Thundering Herd bio Archived 2015-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Florida Gators bio