James Jones is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Yale University. He is the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach at Yale and one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history. James was named Yale's head coach on April 27, 1999. He enters the 2023-24 season with 373 career victories.
Jones, the longest tenured coach in the league, has guided the Bulldogs to five Ivy League championships – 2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 - four NCAA Tournament berths – 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022 - and eight postseason appearances.
Jones, the 2019 recipient of the Ben Jobe Award as the top minority coach in Division I men's basketball, has presided over the most successful era in the long history of Yale Basketball. Over the last eight seasons, Yale has posted a 84-28 (.750) Ivy League record, won five Ivy championships, two Ivy League Tournament titles and earned four NCAA Tournament berths, including notching the first NCAA victory in school history – over Baylor in 2016.
Jones, who was inducted into New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, is a three-time Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2020) and also has been named the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year three times.
Jones began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, The University at Albany, followed by assistant coaching stops at Yale and Ohio University.
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Website - https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball
Email - j.jones@yale.edu
Twitter - @YaleMBasketball
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