Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones (born June 29, 1960)
Teams coached: Virginia Cavaliers, American Eagles, Old Dominion Monarchs
Virginia record: 146-104 (.584)
American record: 211-183 (.536)
Old Dominion record: 203-131 (.608)
Overall record: 560-418 (.573)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (1993, 1995)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 1 (1992)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1992, 2015)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2014)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- Vegas 16 Championships: 1 (2016)
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2019)
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 4 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009)
- ACC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1995)
- Conference USA Tournament Champion: 1 (2019)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 2 (2008, 2009)
Awards:
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2019)
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 1 (2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2013-2023 | Old Dominion |
| 2000-2013 | American |
| 1999-2000 | Rhode Island (assoc. HC) |
| 1990-1998 | Virginia |
| 1982-1990 | Virginia (asst) |
Jeff Jones Facts
- Jeffrey Allen Jones
- Born June 29, 1960
- Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky
- Alma Mater: University of Virginia (BS, 1982)
- Starred at Apollo HS (KY), later being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame
- Was a four-year starter at Virginia playing under Terry Holland; was drafted by the Pacers in 1982 but did not play for them
- Spent eight years on Holland‘s staff at Virginia until 1990 when he took over as the Cavaliers head coach
- Went to five NCAA Tournaments (two Sweet Sixteens) and won an NIT title in 1992 at UVA
- Was the associate head coach under Jerry DeGregorio before being hired as the head coach at American University; won 211 games in thirteen seasons with the Eagles, going to two NCAA Tournaments
- Hired in April 2013 as the new head coach at Old Dominion; led the Monarchs to a CBI and NIT in his first two seasons, then won the inaugural Vegas 16 Tournament in 2016
- Won the Conference USA regular season title and Conference USA Tournament crown in 2019 and earned C-USA COY honors, leading ODU to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009
- Jones suffered a heart attack in December 2023 and later announced he would be on medical leave the remainder of the season; he also learned after the heart attack that he would need to restart prostate cancer treatment for the fourth time
- He officially announced his retirement in February 2024 after 10+ seasons at ODU and over 40 years in college coaching
Jeff Jones Coaching Tree
- Mike Brennan (American)
- Kevin Broadus (Morgan State, Binghamton)
- Kieran Donohue (Old Dominion)
- Brian Ellerbe (Michigan, Loyola MD)
- Pete Herrmann (Young Harris, Georgia)
- Kelvin Jefferson (Gannon)
- Ryan Odom (Utah State, UMBC, Lenoir-Rhyne, Charlotte)
- Anthony Solomon (St. Bonaventure)
- Ricky Stokes (East Carolina, Virginia Tech)
- Dennis Wolff (Boston University)
