Episode 121: Joe Jones, Creating Culture Through Goals

Episode 121: Joe Jones, Creating Culture Through Goals

Guest: Joe Jones, Boston University Head Coach

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Boston University head coach Joe Jones joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss creating culture

through goals. In 2020, Boston University defeated Colgate in the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament. The victory earned Jones what would have been his first NCAA Tournament appearance as a head coach, but the 2020 tournament was subsequently canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones was named a finalist for the 2019-20 Ben Jobe Award.

During his tenure, Jones has led BU to eight top-five finishes in the conference standings, highlighted by a Patriot League regular-season title in 2014. The Terriers have finished second on three occasions, including most recently in 2020 en route to the tournament crown. They also finished second in both the 2017 PL and 2013 America East schedules. In his nine seasons with the Terriers, Jones has already surpassed names like Rick Pitino, Mike Jarvis, and former NBA head coach John Kuester to No. 2 all-time at BU with 158 victories after helping guide the Terriers to back-to-back Patriot League semifinal appearances in 2017 and 2018.

Jones previously served as an assistant coach at Villanova for six seasons (1997-2003) - four years under Steve Lappas and two years under Jay Wright - and was named one of the nation's top recruiters by Eastern Basketball magazine in 1999. During his tenure, the Wildcats advanced to postseason play in five of the six seasons and compiled a 105-83 record. He previously served as the head coach at Columbia University and has worked as an assistant coach at Hofstra University and Boston College too.

Breakdown

1:00 - Goal Setting for his Program

4:00 - Playing Heart

6:30 - Adopting a Goal Setting

8:30 - Challenges in Setting Team's Goals

11:00 - Connecting Goals to the Team

13:00 - Goals Tied to Non-Negotiables

16:00 - Team Goals

19:30 - Goals and One-on-One Session

23:00 - Information to the players

25:30 - Encourage and Discourage Goals

28:00 - Game Goals