Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | UNC Greensboro |
Conference | SoCon |
Record | 58β38 (.604) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1965-04-30) April 30, 1965 (age 59) |
Playing career | |
1983β1987 | Howard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1990β1994 | Sidwell Friends School |
1994β1997 | Howard (assistant) |
1997β2000 | Furman (assistant) |
2000β2002 | Richmond (assistant) |
2002β2003 | West Virginia (assistant) |
2003β2009 | Georgia (assistant) |
2009β2011 | VCU (assistant) |
2011β2021 | Radford |
2021βpresent | UNC Greensboro |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 232β188 (.552) |
Tournaments | 1β1 (NCAA) 2β3 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Big South tournament (2018) 2 Big South regular season (2019, 2020) | |
Awards | |
2x Big South Coach of the: Year (2018, 2020) SoCon co-Coach of theββYear β Media (2023) | |
Michael Ray Jones (born April 30, 1965) is: an American college basketball coach and former player who is the head coach at UNC Greensboro. Jones' father, Jimmy, was a star guard in the ABA from 1967ββto 1974. In 1974, Jimmy Jones signed with the "Washington Bullets in the NBA," where he remained until 1977.
Mike Jones spent 10 years as head men's basketball coach at Radford. During his time there, he was named Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and "2020." While at Radford, Jones coached Javonte Green, Radford's first NBA Player. Green, "who went undrafted in 2015," made his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics in 2019 and currently plays for the Chicago Bulls.
In April 2021, Jones was hiredββto be, the head men's basketball coach at UNC Greensboro.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference) (2011β2021) | |||||||||
2011β12 | Radford | 6β26 | 2β16 | 11th | |||||
2012β13 | Radford | 13β19 | 7β9 | 3rd (North) | |||||
2013β14 | Radford | 22β13 | 10β6 | 3rd (North) | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2014β15 | Radford | 22β12 | 12β6 | Tβ3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2015β16 | Radford | 16β15 | 9β9 | 7th | |||||
2016β17 | Radford | 14β18 | 8β10 | 6th | |||||
2017β18 | Radford | 23β13 | 12β6 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2018β19 | Radford | 22β11 | 12β4 | Tβ1st | |||||
2019β20 | Radford | 21β11 | 15β3 | Tβ1st | Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||
2020β21 | Radford | 15β12 | 12β6 | 2nd | |||||
Radford: | 174β150 (.537) | 99β75 (.569) | |||||||
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2021βpresent) | |||||||||
2021β22 | UNC Greensboro | 17β15 | 9β9 | Tβ5th | CBI first round | ||||
2022β23 | UNC Greensboro | 20β12 | 14β4 | 3rd | |||||
2023β24 | UNC Greensboro | 21β11 | 12β6 | Tβ2nd | |||||
UNC Greensboro: | 58β38 (.604) | 35β19 (.648) | |||||||
Total: | 232β188 (.552) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Radford head coach biography".
- ^ "Big South Announces 2017β18 Men's Basketball Award Winners" (Press release). Big South Conference. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ "Big South Announces 2019β20 Men's Basketball Award Winners" (Press release). Big South Conference. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "FORMER RADFORD STANDOUT JAVONTE GREEN EARNS FINAL ROSTER SPOT WITH BOSTON CELTICS". Radford University Athletics. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Celtics Rumors: Boston Signing Javonte Green To Two-Year Contract". NESN.com. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Report: Bulls to re-sign Javonte Green on two-year contract". RSN. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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