John Jakus (born October 9, 1975)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Florida Atlantic Owls
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Florida Atlantic record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record^: 0-0 (.000)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- AAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- AAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Florida Atlantic |
| 2022-2024 | Baylor (assoc. HC) |
| 2017-2022 | Baylor (asst) |
| 2014-2017 | Gonzaga (DBO) |
| 2012-2014 | Baylor (grad. asst) |
John Jakus Facts
- John Walter Jakus
- Born October 9, 1975
- Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Trinity International University (BS, 1999) / Baylor University (MA, 2014)
- Jakus worked as a professional coach in Europe, serving as head coach at ABA Strumica in Macedonia (2010-11) and for Agape Bulgaria (2007-09); he also worked with Athletes in Action as volunteer head coach for both NCAA and professional basketball trips (2005-08) and as international basketball head coach and director (2008-14)
- He initially joined Scott Drew‘s staff in 2012 as a graduate assistant, working with the Bears for two seasons
- Left in 2014 and spent the next three years at Gonzaga working as Director of Basketball Operations under Mark Few
- Part of three WCC titles, three NCAA Tournaments and the Zags’ first-ever trip to the NCAA Final Four (2017)
- Returned to Baylor in 2017 as an assistant coach and was later elevated to associate head coach in 2022
- Worked under Drew for another seven seasons, a tenure that included five NCAA Tournaments, two Big 12 titles and the program’s first-ever NCAA National Championship crown in 2021
- In March 2024, Jakus was hired as the new head coach at Florida Atlantic in the AAC
John Jakus Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
