Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)
File:Johnny Jones Univ of N Texas coach.jpg | |
Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | LSU |
Conference | SEC |
Record | 61–37 (.636) |
Biographical details | |
Born | DeRidder, Louisiana |
March 30, 1961
Playing career | |
1980–1984 | LSU |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1984–1997 | LSU (asst.) |
1997–1999 | Memphis (asst.) |
1999–2000 | Memphis |
2000–2001 | Alabama (asst.) |
2001–2012 | North Texas |
2012–present | LSU |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 266–199 (.574) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2× Sun Belt Tournament championship (2007, 2010) |
John Henry Jones, Jr.[1][2] (born March 30, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Jones previously served as the head coach at the University of North Texas. He coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007–11, and two Sun Belt Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament bids. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games.[3]
Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999-2000 season, replacing Tic Price. He coached the team to a 15-16 record.[4]
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Playing career
Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at LSU, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.
Head Coaching Record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1999–2000) | |||||||||
1999–00 | Memphis | 15–16 | 7–9 | 5th (National) | |||||
Memphis: | 15–16 (.484) | 7–9 (.438) | |||||||
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2001–present) | |||||||||
2001–02 | North Texas | 15–14 | 8–7 | 4th (West) | |||||
2002–03 | North Texas | 7–21 | 2–13 | 6th (West) | |||||
2003–04 | North Texas | 13–15 | 8–8 | 3rd (West) | |||||
2004–05 | North Texas | 14–14 | 6–9 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2005–06 | North Texas | 14–14 | 6–9 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2006–07 | North Texas | 23–11 | 10–8 | 3rd (West) | NCAA First Round | ||||
2007–08 | North Texas | 20–11 | 10–8 | 3rd (West) | |||||
2008–09 | North Texas | 20–12 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2009–10 | North Texas | 24–9 | 13–5 | 1st (West) | NCAA First Round | ||||
2010–11 | North Texas | 22–11 | 8–8 | 4th (West) | |||||
2011–12 | North Texas | 18–14 | 9–7 | 4th (West) | |||||
North Texas: | 190–146 (.565) | 91–88 (.508) | |||||||
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
2012–13 | LSU | 19–12 | 9–9 | T–8th | |||||
2013–14 | LSU | 20–14 | 9–9 | T–6th | NIT Second Round | ||||
2014–15 | LSU | 22–11 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2015–16 | LSU | 4–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
LSU: | 61–37 (.622) | 29–25 (.537) | |||||||
Total: | 266–199 (.572) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
NCAA tournament
Year | School | Record | Winning % | Notes |
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2007 | North Texas | 0-1 | .000 | Eliminated by (Memphis Tigers) in NCAA First Round |
2010 | North Texas | 0-1 | .000 | Eliminated by (Kansas State Wildcats) in NCAA First Round |
2015 | LSU | 0-1 | .000 | Eliminated by (NC State Wolfpack) in NCAA Second Round |
Totals | 0-3 | .000 | 2 NCAA First Round (Won 0), 1 NCAA Second Round (Won 0) |
NIT tournament
Year | School | Record | Winning % | Notes |
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2014 | LSU | 1-1 | .500 | Defeated (San Francisco Dons) in NIT First Round, Eliminated by (SMU Mustangs) in NIT Second Round |
Totals | 1-1 | .500 | 1 NIT Second Round (Won 1) |
References
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coaches
- American basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- LSU Tigers basketball coaches
- LSU Tigers basketball players
- Memphis Tigers men's basketball coaches
- North Texas Mean Green men's basketball coaches
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- People from Beauregard Parish, Louisiana