Jon Jaques

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Jon Jaques
Cornell Big Red
PositionHead coach
League Ivy League
Personal information
Born (1988-01-02) January 2, 1988 (age 36)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Harvard-Westlake
(Los Angeles, California)
College Cornell (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–2011
Career history
As player:
2010–2011 Ironi Ashkelon
As coach:
2011–2012 Stevens Tech (assistant)
2012–2013 Columbia (GA)
2013–2022 Cornell (assistant)
2022–2024Cornell (associate HC)
2024–presentCornell

Jonathan David Jaques [1] (born January 2, 1988) is an American [2] men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Cornell University. He played college basketball for Cornell, and played professionally for Ironi Ashkelon in Israel.

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Early and personal life

Jaques's was born and raised in Brentwood in Los Angeles, California, and is Jewish. [3] [4] His father is Doug Jaques, and his sister Clara was starting goalkeeper for the Washington University soccer team in St. Louis, where she was the all-time shutouts leader with 12 in one game. [5] [6] He attended Hebrew school, and had a bar-mitzvah. [4] For high school, he attended and played basketball at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. [7] [8]

He is interested in a career in sports journalism. [4] He has written a college basketball blog called "Blue Chips" for Slam Magazine , and written for The Quad, The New York Times' online college sports blog. [9]

College basketball career

He attended Cornell University (Biology; '10), and played basketball for four seasons for Cornell's Big Red men's basketball team, three of them with Ivy League Championship teams. [10] [5] In 2009-10 he was team tri-captain and played in 31 games (7th-most in the Ivy League), and had 42 three-point field goals (10th in the league) as he led the league in three-point percentage at 47.2%, and also won the Men's Basketball Rebounder Award. [3] [11] [10] [8]

Professional basketball career

After graduating from Cornell, Jaques made aliyah by moving to Israel, and signed with Ironi Ashkelon in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball. [12]

Coaching career

For 2011-12, he was an assistant basketball coach of the Ducks at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. [10] For the 2012-13 season he joined the Columbia University Lions men's basketball team as a graduate manager while attending the Mailman School of Public Health. [10]

He was assistant men's basketball coach for Cornell University [13] from 2013-2024 before becoming head coach in 2024.

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References

  1. "Jonathan David Jaques was born on January 2, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California". californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index . Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. Jon Jaques Basketball Player Profile, Elitzur Ironi Ashkelon, Cornell, News, Artzit stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket
  3. 1 2 "Jon Jaques College Stats" | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 3 The Great Rabbino: Interview: Former Cornell Star Jon Jaques
  5. 1 2 PAINTER: Harvard-Westlake grad Jaques helps Cornell to Sweet 16 – Daily News
  6. "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat - Student Life". 7 December 2015.
  7. Jon Jaques Player Profile, Cornell, NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM
  8. 1 2 Cornell's Jon Jaques - from benchwarmer to star - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
  9. Hurley Announces 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff (CNBNEWS.NET/Gloucester City)
  10. 1 2 3 4 Jon Jaques Bio - Columbia University Lions
  11. MEN’S BASKETBALL | Jon Jaques ’10 Joins the Cornell Coaching Staff | The Cornell Daily Sun
  12. Jaques, Jon (24 March 2011). "From the Sweet 16 to the obscurity of pro basketball in Israel". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  13. "Cornell staff update"