Jon Jaques
Jon Jaques (born January 2, 1988)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Cornell Big Red
Current conference: Ivy League
Cornell 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
- Ivy League Regular Season Champion: 0
- Ivy League Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Cornell |
| 2022-2024 | Cornell (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2022 | Cornell (asst) |
| 2012-2013 | Columbia (grad. asst) |
| 2011-2012 | Stevens Tech (grad. asst) |
Jon Jaques Facts
- Jonathan David Jaques
- Born January 2, 1988
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
- Alma Mater: Cornell University (BS, 2010)
- Originally from Los Angeles, Jaques played for Steve Donahue at Cornell for four seasons
- Career included three-straight Ivy League titles and NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet Sixteen run in 2010
- After a year playing professionally in Israel, started his coaching career back in the States with graduate assistant gigs at D-III Stevens Tech (NJ) and back in the Ivy League at Columbia (where he worked under Kyle Smith)
- Returned to Ithaca in 2013 to be an assistant under Bill Courtney, then stayed on under new head coach Brian Earl, eventually becoming his associate head coach in 2022
- Worked nine total seasons on staff at his alma mater, was a key member of the staff that led the 2023-24 Big Red to their first 20+ win season since he was a senior in 2009-10, ending with the program’s first-ever NIT appearance
- In April 2024, Jaques was officially elevated to head coach at his alma mater
Jon Jaques Coaching Tree
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