Jonas Hayes

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Jonas Hayes
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Georgia State
Conference Sun Belt
Record24–38 (.387)
Biographical details
Born (1981-08-09) August 9, 1981 (age 42)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2000 Western Carolina
2001–2004 Georgia
Position(s) Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006 Morehouse (assistant)
2006–2007 South Carolina State (assistant)
2007–2012 Belmont Abbey (assistant)
2013–2018 Georgia (assistant)
2018–2021 Xavier (assistant)
2021–2022 Xavier (associate HC)
2022 Xavier (interim HC)
2022–present Georgia State
Head coaching record
Overall28–38 (.424)
Tournaments4–0 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NIT (2022)

Jonas Hayes (born August 9, 1981) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Georgia State. [1] He previously served as an assistant coach, and later interim head coach, for the Xavier Musketeers. He was also an assistant coach for the Morehouse Maroon Tigers, South Carolina State Bulldogs, Belmont Abbey Crusaders, and Georgia Bulldogs. Hayes played college basketball for the Western Carolina Catamounts and Georgia Bulldogs.

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College career

Hayes and his twin brother, Jarvis, initially enrolled at Western Carolina University in 1999 to play for the Western Carolina Catamounts. In his freshman season, Hayes averaged 8.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game on an average of 18.4 minutes. He shot 63.0% from field goal range and 51.2% from the free throw line. His field goal percentage was the highest in the Southern Conference and the 12th-highest at the NCAA Division I level. Hayes played in 24 games and started one game at Western Carolina. The brothers initially remained there for one season before transferring to the University of Georgia in 2000.

Hayes had to sit out his sophomore season due to a former transfer rule. In his junior season, Hayes averaged 7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game on an average of 20.9 minutes. He shot 55.5% from field goal range and 71.4% from the free throw line. That year, he helped the Bulldogs to the NCAA Division I Tournament and had 14 points and 14 rebounds in the team's first-round win over Murray State. [2] In his senior season, Hayes averaged 6.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game on average of 21.1 minutes. He shot 52.8% from field goal range and 61.4% from the free throw line. In his fifth-year season, Hayes averaged 11.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game on an average of 28.4 minutes. He shot 51.2% from field goal range and 65.7% from the free throw line. [3] He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in child and family development. [4]

Coaching career

Following the end of his collegiate playing career, Hayes spent one season as an assistant coach at Frederick Douglass High School (Atl). One year later he was hired by Morehouse College to be an assistant coach for the men's basketball team in 2005. He remained with the team for one season before being hired as an assistant for the South Carolina State Bulldogs. In 2007, Belmont Abbey College hired Hayes as an assistant, a post he remained at until 2012.

In 2012, Hayes returned to his alma mater as an operations coordinator for the men's basketball team. In 2013, he was promoted to the role of assistant coach. In his first three seasons as an assistant on Mark Fox's staff, the Bulldogs won 20 or more games, making an NCAA Tournament and two NIT Tournament appearances. Hayes is credited with aiding the development of forwards like Marcus Thornton and Yante Maten. [5] He remained with Georgia until Fox's firing in 2018.

In 2018, Hayes was hired as an assistant coach for the Xavier Musketeers. In 2021, he was promoted to the role of associate head coach. Following the firing of Travis Steele at the end of the 2021–22 regular season, Hayes was named the team's interim head coach. He led the Musketeers to the school's second-ever NIT championship. [6] [7]

Georgia State

On April 6, 2022 Hayes was announced as the head coach of Georgia State. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Xavier Musketeers (Big East Conference)(2022)
2021–22 Xavier 4–00–0 NIT Champions
Xavier:4–0 (1.000)
Georgia State Panthers (Sun Belt Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Georgia State 10–213–1514th
2023–24 Georgia State 14–178–10T–7th
Georgia State:24–38 (.387)11–25 (.306)
Total:28–38 (.424)

      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

Personal life

Hayes's twin brother, Jarvis, was born five minutes ahead of him and is a former National Basketball Association player and current assistant coach for his brother at GSU.

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