Joe Jones
Joe Jones (born November 9, 1965)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Boston University Terriers
Current conference: Patriot League
Columbia record: 86-108 (.443)
Boston University record: 218-191 (.533)
Overall record: 304-299 (.504)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2022)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2013, 2016)
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2014)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-present | Boston University |
| 2010-2011 | Boston College (assoc. HC) |
| 2003-2010 | Columbia |
| 1997-2003 | Villanova (asst) |
| 1994-1997 | Hofstra (asst) |
Joe Jones Facts
- Joseph Fernal Jones
- Born November 9, 1965
- Hometown: Dix Hills, New York
- Alma Mater: State University of New York at Oswego (BA, 1987 & MA, 1989)
- Prepped at Half Hollow Hills West HS (NY) and then was a four-year letterman at SUNY Oswego
- Started his coaching career at Comsewogue HS on Long Island, serving as head coach for three seasons
- Joined Jay Wright‘s staff at Hofstra in 1994, staying there for three years
- Originally worked at Villanova under Steve Lappas, but stayed on staff in 2001 when Wright came to take over the program
- First head coaching opportunity came in 2003, when Jones was hired to be the head coach at Columbia
- Led the Lions for seven seasons, but finished with a winning record just once and never surpassed .500 in Ivy League play
- Spent one year as the associate head coach under Steve Donahue at Boston College before getting another head coaching shot
- Hired in 2011 to take over the Boston University men’s team, then a member of the America East
- Won the Patriot League title in 2014 and Patriot League Tournament in 2020
- Led the Terriers to the postseason three times (1 NIT and 2 CITs)
- Older brother is James Jones, who has been the head men’s basketball coach at Yale since 1999
Joe Jones Coaching Tree
- Jim Engles (Columbia, NJIT)
- Carmen Maciariello (Siena)
- Jack Perri (Southern New Hampshire)
- Marlon Sears (Amherst College, Montclair State)