James Jones (basketball, born 1964)

American college basketball coach (born 1964)

For the Phoenix Suns manager, see James Jones (basketball, born 1980).

James Jones

Jones in 2025

Current position
Title| Head coach
Team| Yale
Conference| Ivy League
Record| 418–319 (.567)
Biographical details
Born|  (1964-02-20) February 20, 1964 (age 61)
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1982–1986| Albany
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1995| Albany (assistant)
1995–1997| Yale (assistant)
1997–1999| Ohio (assistant)
1999–present| Yale
Head coaching record
Overall| 418–319 (.567)
Tournaments| 2–5 (NCAA Division I)
1–2 (NIT)
4–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 Ivy League regular season (2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2025)
4 Ivy League tournament (2019, 2022, 2024, 2025)
Awards
Hugh Durham Award (2016)
Ben Jobe Award (2019)
4× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2020, 2023)

James Fitzgerald Jones[1] (born February 20, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach at Yale University.

Born on Long Island, Jones played college basketball at SUNY Albany and worked as a sales executive for NCR Corporation before beginning his coaching career.[2] Jones succeeded Dick Kuchen as the 22nd men's basketball head coach of Yale University on April 27, 1999.[3] On March 17, 2016, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fifth-seeded Baylor University Bears in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[4] On March 22, 2024, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fourth-seeded Auburn University Tigers in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Jones watches the action

Five of Jones' assistants have gone on to become head coaches: Ted Hotaling (University of New Haven), Rob Senderoff (Kent State University), Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin College), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of Art University), and Mark Gilbride (Clarkson University).[5]

Jones was inducted into New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, is a three-time Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, and 2020), and has been named the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year three times.[6]

His brother, Joe Jones, is the current men's basketball head coach at Boston University and was previously the men's basketball head coach at Columbia University.

## Head coaching record

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1999–present)
1999–00 | Yale  | 7–20 | 5–9 | 5th |
2000–01 | Yale  | 10–17 | 7–7 | 4th |
2001–02 | Yale  | 21–11 | 11–3 | T–1st | NIT Second Round
2002–03 | Yale  | 14–13 | 8–6 | 4th |
2003–04 | Yale  | 12–15 | 7–7 | 4th |
2004–05 | Yale  | 11–16 | 7–7 | 3rd |
2005–06 | Yale  | 15–14 | 7–7 | 4th |
2006–07 | Yale  | 14–13 | 10–4 | 2nd |
2007–08 | Yale  | 13–15 | 7–7 | 4th |
2008–09 | Yale  | 13–15 | 8–6 | 2nd |
2009–10 | Yale  | 12–19 | 6–8 | 4th |
2010–11 | Yale  | 15–13 | 8–6 | 3rd |
2011–12 | Yale | 19–10 | 9–5 | 4th | CIT First Round
2012–13 | Yale | 14–17 | 8–6 | 3rd |
2013–14 | Yale | 19–14 | 9–5 | 2nd | CIT Runner-Up
2014–15 | Yale | 22–10 | 11–3 | T–1st |
2015–16 | Yale | 23–7 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32
2016–17 | Yale | 18–11 | 9–5 | 3rd |
2017–18 | Yale | 16–15 | 9–5 | 3rd |
2018–19 | Yale | 22–8 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20 | Yale | 23–7 | 11–3 | 1st |  Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 | Yale[a] |  |  |  |
2021–22 | Yale | 19–12 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23 | Yale | 21–9 | 10–4 | T–1st | NIT First Round
2023–24 | Yale | 23–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32
2024–25 | Yale | 22–8 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64
Yale: | 418–319 (.567) | 225–125 (.643) |
Total: | 418–319 (.567) |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

1. ^ Yale did not play in the 2020–21 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.

## References

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1. ^ "The divine nature of basketball : my season inside the Ivy League". Austin Public Library. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
2. ^ Cavanaugh, Jack (February 22, 2002). "BASKETBALL; An Unlikely Ivy Crown Is Within Yale's Reach". New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
3. ^ "Bulldogs name new coaches". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
4. ^ O'Neil, Dana. "Yale earns tourney's first upset following perfect Cinderella script". ESPN. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
5. ^ "James Jones - Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Yale University. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
6. ^ "James Jones - Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Men's Basketball - Men's Basketball Coaches".

## External links

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* Yale biography of Jones

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Men's basketball head coaches of the Ivy League

* Mike Martin (Brown)
* Kevin Hovde (Columbia)
* Jon Jaques (Cornell)
* David McLaughlin (Dartmouth)
* Tommy Amaker (Harvard)
* Fran McCaffery (Penn)
* Mitch Henderson (Princeton)
* James Jones (Yale)

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* Henry S. Anderson (1895–1898)
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Ivy League Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

* 2015: Jones
* 2016: Jones
* 2017: Henderson
* 2018: Donahue
* 2019: Martin
* 2020: Jones
* 2021: None
* 2022: Earl
* 2023: Jones
* 2024: Henderson

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Hugh Durham Award winners

* 2005: Thomason
* 2006: Flannery
* 2007: Marshall
* 2008: Davis
* 2009: Bozeman
* 2010: Young
* 2011: Byrd
* 2012: Payne
* 2013: Kaspar
* 2014: Jasick
* 2015: Katz
* 2016: J. Jones
* 2017: Barnes
* 2018: Odom
* 2019: DeVries
* 2020: Forbes
* 2021: Smith
* 2022: R. Jones
* 2023: Abdur-Rahim
* 2024: Schertz
* 2025: Groce

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Ben Jobe Award winners

* 2010: Cooley
* 2011: Martin
* 2012: Woods
* 2013: Ollie
* 2014: Wilson
* 2015: Collins
* 2016: Ford
* 2017: Christian
* 2018: Jackson
* 2019: Jones
* 2020: Stoudamire
* 2021: Hamilton
* 2022: Sampson
* 2023: Stackhouse
* 2024: Jackson
* 2025: Crutchfield

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