Biographical details | |
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Born | 32–33 Shreveport, Louisiana |
Playing career | |
2012–2014 | Southern |
Position(s) | First baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2015–2017 | Southern (H) |
2018–2020 | Grambling State (H/OF/C) |
2021–2024 | Alabama A&M |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 51–126 |
Tournaments | SWAC: 0–2 |
Elliot Jones is an American baseball coach and former first baseman, who recently was the head baseball coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs. He played college baseball at Southern for coach Roger Cador from 2012 to 2014.
Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Jones attended Huntington High School in Shreveport. While there, he was a two-sport athlete, quarterbacking the football team [1] as well as playing baseball. On March 31, 2011, Jones committed to play college baseball at Southern University. [2]
Jones began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern. He was originally hired to be the head coach at Livonia High School, [3] but he decided to accept a position as an assistant at Grambling State University instead.
On October 23, 2020, Jones was named the head coach of Alabama A&M. [4]
On October 30, 2024, Jones announced he was leaving Alabama A&M after 4 seasons. [5]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Alabama A&M Bulldogs (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2021–2024) | |||||||||
2021 | Alabama A&M | 9–20 | 9–13 | 3rd (East) | SWAC Tournament | ||||
2022 | Alabama A&M | 14–35 | 10–20 | 5th (East) | |||||
2023 | Alabama A&M | 14–34 | 5–24 | 6th (East) | |||||
2024 | Alabama A&M | 14–37 | 9–20 | 5th (East) | |||||
Alabama A&M: | 51–126 | 33–77 | |||||||
Total: | 51–126 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |