Willie Jones (basketball coach)
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Born1981 (age 43–44)[1]
1999–2003South Carolina State
2005–2006Tennessee State (GA)
2005–2006LeMoyne–Owen (assistant)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 43–44)[1] |
| 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) |
| 2019–2022 | North Carolina A&T |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 37–35 (.514) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| MEAC Coach of the Year (2020) | |
Willie Jones (born c. 1981)[1] 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.[2]
Jones was elevated to the head coach spot on June 18, 2020.[3] On August 18, 2022, Jones was fired and succeeded by assistant coach Phillip Shumpert.[4]
