Brian Jones (basketball, born 1971)

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Brian Jones
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
Team East Tennessee State
Conference SoCon
Biographical details
Born (1971-04-22) April 22, 1971 (age 52)
Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1990–1994 Northern Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1998 Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
1998–1999 Southwest Missouri State (assistant)
1999–2006 Iowa (assistant)
2006–2019 North Dakota
2019–2022 Illinois State (asst.)
2022Illinois State (interim HC)
2022–2023 Bradley (assistant)
2023-present East Tennessee State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall192–222 (.464)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division I)
0–5 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Great West tournament (2011, 2012)
Big Sky regular season (2017)
Big Sky tournament (2017)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2017)

Brian Jones (born April 22, 1971) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at East Tennessee State. Jones is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa. Prior to North Dakota Jones was a longtime assistant on the coaching staffs of Steve Alford. While working with Alford, he participated in the four NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments, once with Southwest Missouri St. and three times with Iowa. Jones was named the 18th head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux basketball program on May 25, 2006. Under Jones' tenure at North Dakota, the University won back-to-back Great West tournament championships in 2011 and 2012, and he led North Dakota to four consecutive appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. In 2017, he led North Dakota to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time.

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Jones was the interim head coach at Illinois State from February 14, 2022, through the end of the season following Dan Muller's resignation. [1]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference)(2006–2008)
2006–07North Dakota 11–173–10T–5th
2007–08North Dakota 15–152–10T–6th
North Dakota:26–32 (.448)5–20 (.200)
North Dakota Fighting Sioux / North Dakota (Great West Conference)(2008–2012)
2008–09 North Dakota 16–125–74th
2009–10 North Dakota 8–235–7T–3rd
2010–11 North Dakota 19–158–43rd CIT First Round
2011–12 North Dakota 17–156–42nd CIT First Round
North Dakota:60–65 (.480)24–22 (.522)
North Dakota / North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Big Sky Conference)(2012–2018)
2012–13 North Dakota 16–1712–83rd CIT First Round
2013–14 North Dakota 17–1712–8T–2nd CIT First Round
2014–15 North Dakota 8–224–14T–10th
2015–16 North Dakota 17–1610–8T–5th CIT First Round
2016–17 North Dakota 22–1014–41st NCAA Division I First Round
2017–18 North Dakota 12–206–12T–8th
North Dakota:92–102 (.474)58–54 (.518)
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Summit League)(2018–2019)
2018–19 North Dakota 12–186–107th
North Dakota:12–18 (.400)6–10 (.375)
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Conference)(2022)
2021–22* Illinois State 2–5 (.286)1–4 (.200)
Total:192–222 (.464)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

*Interim coach

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References

  1. Stock, Eric (February 14, 2022). "ISU's Dan Muller steps down after initially planning to finish the season following his firing". WGLT. Retrieved February 17, 2022.