Willie Jones (basketball coach)

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Willie Jones
Playing career
1999–2003 South Carolina State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006 Tennessee State (GA)
2005–2006 LeMoyne–Owen (assistant)
2006–2007 South Carolina State (assistant)
2007–2009 Northwest Florida State (assistant)
2009–2011 Georgia Southern (assistant)
2011–2014 Jacksonville (assistant)
2014–2015 West Nassau HS
2015–2016 Florida A&M (assistant)
2016–2019 North Carolina A&T (assistant)
2019–2022North Carolina A&T
Head coaching record
Overall37–35 (.514)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2020)

Willie Jones is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach for North Carolina A&T Aggies from 2019 to 2022. Jones became the interim coach of the Aggies on December 24, 2019 for Jay Joyner, when the team was a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and led the team to a 14–5 overall record and a second place MEAC finish. Jones was named MEAC Coach of the Year for the 2019–20 season. [1]

Jones was elevated to the head coach spot on June 18, 2020. [2] On August 18, 2022, Jones was fired and succeeded by assistant coach Phillip Shumpert. [3]

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References

  1. Mills, Jeff (March 6, 2020). "Aggies' Will Jones named MEAC coach of the year; 3 A&T players honored". News & Record . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  2. "NCA&T names Willie Jones as Head Men's Basketball Coach". wfmynews2.com. June 18, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. Wooten, Eddie (August 18, 2022). "N.C. A&T fires men's basketball coach Will Jones; assistant Phillip Shumpert to lead program in 2022–23 season". Greensboro.com. Retrieved August 20, 2022.