Mike Jones | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | UNC Greensboro |
Current Conference: | SoCon |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1965 |
Player Years1: | 1983–1987 |
Player Team1: | Howard |
Coach Years1: | 1990–1994 |
Coach Team1: | Sidwell Friends School |
Coach Years2: | 1994–1997 |
Coach Team2: | Howard (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1997–2000 |
Coach Team3: | Furman (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2000–2002 |
Coach Team4: | Richmond (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2002–2003 |
Coach Team5: | West Virginia (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 2003–2009 |
Coach Team6: | Georgia (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 2009–2011 |
Coach Team7: | VCU (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 2011–2021 |
Coach Team8: | Radford |
Coach Years9: | 2021–present |
Coach Team9: | UNC Greensboro |
Tournament Record: | 1–1 (NCAA) 2–3 (CBI) |
Championships: | Big South tournament (2018) 2 Big South regular season (2019, 2020) |
Awards: | 2x Big South Coach of the Year (2018, 2020) SoCon co-Coach of the Year – Media (2023) |
Michael Ray Jones (born April 30, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and former player[1] who is the head coach at UNC Greensboro. Jones' father, Jimmy, was a star guard in the ABA from 1967 to 1974. In 1974, Jimmy Jones signed with the Washington Bullets in the NBA, where he remained until 1977.
Mike Jones spent 10 years as head men's basketball coach at Radford. During his time there, he was named Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2020.[2] [3] While at Radford, Jones coached Javonte Green, Radford's first NBA Player.[4] Green, who went undrafted in 2015, made his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics[5] in 2019 and currently plays for the Chicago Bulls.[6]
In April 2021, Jones was hired to be the head men's basketball coach at UNC Greensboro.