Joe Jones (basketball)

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Joe Jones
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Jones in 2025
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Boston University
Conference Patriot League
Record234–207 (.531)
Biographical details
Born (1965-11-09) November 9, 1965 (age 59)
Ronkonkoma, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1983–1987 Oswego
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997 Hofstra (assistant)
1997–2003 Villanova (assistant)
2003–2010 Columbia
2010–2011 Boston College (assistant)
2011–present Boston University
Head coaching record
Overall320–315 (.504)
Tournaments0–1 (NIT)
1–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League regular season (2014)
Patriot League tournament (2020)
Jones huddles with players Joe Jones, Boston University Terriers head basketball coach.jpg
Jones huddles with players

Joseph Fernal Jones (born November 9, 1965) is the head coach of Boston University's men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach at Columbia University and has worked as an assistant coach at Hofstra University, Villanova University, and Boston College. [1]

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Early life and playing career

Jones was born in Ronkonkoma, New York in 1965 and graduated from Half Hollow Hills West High School in Dix Hills, New York in 1983. He was a four-year letter-winner at SUNY Oswego, where he earned a bachelor's degree in communications in 1987 and a master's degree in counseling in 1989. [1] He played point guard for the Lakers and currently ranks 4th in assists and 5th in steals in the school's history. [2]

Coaching career

Jones began his coaching career serving as a guidance counselor and coach of the middle school boys basketball team at Comsewogue on Long Island. [3] He would eventually take over as the head coach of the high school team for two years from 1993 to 1994. [4] He joined Jay Wright's staff at Hofstra University in 1994 and moved on to Villanova University three years later as an assistant to Steve Lappas. When Wright replaced Lappas at Villanova in 2001, Jones remained on the staff as the assistant responsible for recruiting, game scouting and on-court teaching.

Columbia University

Jones succeeded Armond Hill as the head coach at Columbia University after the 2002–03 season, when Columbia finished 0–14 in the Ivy League, 2–25 overall. In his first season, the Lions finished 6–8 in the league, 10–17 overall – the third-best single-season improvement in conference history. [1] In 2006–07, Jones led the Lions to a 7–7 Ivy League finish, their first .500 record since 1999–2000. Their 16–12 overall record was the team's best since 1992–93. Jones left Columbia with an 86–108 win–loss record over seven seasons.

Boston University

After leaving Columbia, Jones would serve as the associate head coach at Boston College for one season before accepting the head coaching job at Boston University.

Prior to his second season as head coach at BU, it was announced that BU would be leaving the America East Conference to join the Patriot League on July 1, 2013. [5] As a result of the move, the America East presidents unanimously voted to ban BU from postseason play in all America East sports for the 2012–2013 season. [6] Despite their inability to win the conference championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Jones took the Terriers to his first-ever postseason as head coach when they played Loyola University Maryland in the first round of the CIT.

In 2020, his 16th year as a head coach, Jones won his first conference tournament title when Boston University defeated Colgate in the championship game of the Patriot League tournament. The victory earned him what would have been his first NCAA tournament appearance as a head coach, but the 2020 tournament was subsequently cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones was named a finalist for the 2019–20 Ben Jobe Award. [7]

Personal life

Jones' brother James is the head men's basketball coach at Yale University. [8]

Jones provided commentary for the online halftime show during the 2008 and 2009 NCAA tournaments.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Columbia Lions (Ivy League)(2003–2010)
2003–04 Columbia 10–176–8T–5th
2004–05 Columbia 12–153–118th
2005–06 Columbia 11–164–10T–7th
2006–07 Columbia 16–127–74th
2007–08 Columbia 14–157–7T–4th
2008–09 Columbia 12–167–7T–4th
2009–10 Columbia 11–175–95th
Columbia:86–108 (.443)39–59 (.398)
Boston University Terriers (America East Conference)(2011–2013)
2011–12 Boston University 16–1612–43rd
2012–13 Boston University 17–1311–52nd CIT First Round
Boston University Terriers (Patriot League)(2013–present)
2013–14 Boston University 24–1115–31st NIT First Round
2014–15 Boston University 13–179–9T–4th
2015–16 Boston University 19–1511–73rd CIT Second Round
2016–17 Boston University 18–1412–6T–2nd
2017–18 Boston University 15–1610–85th
2018–19 Boston University 15–187–11T–8th
2019–20 Boston University 21–1312–6T–2ndAll postseason cancelled
2020–21 Boston University 7–116–103rd (North)
2021–22 Boston University 22–1311–73rd CBI Quarterfinals
2022–23 Boston University 15–178–105th
2023–24 Boston University 16–1710–8T–2nd
2024–25 Boston University 16–1610–8T–3rd
Boston University:234–207 (.531)144–102 (.585)
Total:320–315 (.504)

      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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joe Jones Accepts Associate Head Coaching Position at Boston College. gocolumbialions.com
  2. ↑ "Oswego State Men's Basketball Individual Career Records".
  3. ↑ "It's hard to keep up with BU's Jones".
  4. ↑ "Joe Jones – Men's Basketball Coach".
  5. ↑ Archived 2018-09-18 at the Wayback Machine . patriotleague.org
  6. ↑ Archived 2012-09-08 at the Wayback Machine . timesunion.com
  7. ↑ "Stoudamire Tabbed Ben Jobe Award Recipient". WCCsports.com. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "James Jones – Joel e. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach – Men's Basketball Coaches".
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