Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966)

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Bill Jones
Windsor Express
PositionHead coach
League NBL Canada
Personal information
Born (1966-03-18) March 18, 1966 (age 58)
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Southwestern (Detroit, Michigan)
College Iowa (1984–1988)
NBA draft 1988: undrafted
Playing career1988–2001
Position Small forward
Number20
Coaching career2004–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1989 Quad City Thunder
1989 New Jersey Nets
1989–1990Quad City Thunder
1990–1992 Montpellier Paillade
1992–1993 BCM Gravelines
1993–1994 Paris Racing
1994–1995Quad City Thunder
1995–1998 Andrea Costa Imola
1998–1999 Serapide Pozzuoli
1999 Napoli
1999–2000 Basket Rimini Crabs
2000–2001 Gaiteros del Zulia
As coach:
2004–2005 Detroit Wheels
2007–2009 Detroit Panthers
2011–present Windsor Express
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Clarence William Jones (born March 18, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. [1] His professional career spanned from 1989 to 2001, and included stops in the National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, France, Italy, and Venezuela.

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College career

Jones played college basketball at the University of Iowa, from 1984–85 to 1987–88. [2] He scored 981 career points, and helped lead the Hawkeyes to four consecutive berths into the NCAA Tournament. [2] [3] He appeared in 125 games, and averaged 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. [2]

Professional career

Although he was not selected in the NBA draft, Jones would play a total of 37 games in the 1988–89 NBA season, with the New Jersey Nets, where he averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

Other professional highlights included being named to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1988–89, the All-CBA Second Team in 1989–90, and the CBA All-Star Game, in 1995. [4] [5]

Jones retired from professional basketball after the 2000–01 season. [6] As of March 2012 he owns a bank security company in his home state of Michigan. [7]

Since the inception of the team, Jones has served as head coach of the Windsor Express in the NBL of Canada. [8]

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References

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