Bobby Jones (basketball coach)

Bobby Jones
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	1940 Bellevue, Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972-1980	Kentucky Wesleyan College

Bobby Jones is an American basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He played basketball at Georgetown College (Kentucky). He worked two years as assistant coach at Georgetown College before becoming assistant-coach with the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers in 1967. In 1972 he was promoted to head coach, after the resignation of Bob Daniels.^[1]^[2]

Jones was fired as head coach in December 1979, but agreed to finish the season. On 25-2-1980, he coached his last game at Kentucky Wesleyan. He could stay on as athletic director.^[3] He was hampered in his career by ailment and accusations of unenthusiastic recruiting.^[4]

Jones brought The Panthers to the 1973 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.^[5]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan (Independent) (1972–1978)
1972-73	Kentucky Wesleyan	24-6			NCAA Div II Champion
1973-74	Kentucky Wesleyan	20-6			NCAA Div II Sweet 16
1974-75	Kentucky Wesleyan	12-13
1975-76	Kentucky Wesleyan	14-11
1976-77	Kentucky Wesleyan	11-14
1977-78	Kentucky Wesleyan	14-11
Kentucky Wesleyan (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1978–1980)
1978-79	Kentucky Wesleyan	12-14	2-6	5th
1979-80	Kentucky Wesleyan	12-15	4-6	4th
Kentucky Wesleyan:		119-90	6-12
Total:		119-90
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

References

↑ "Wesleyan assistant Bob Jones promoted". United Press International. 1972-04-25. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ "Boles named Wesleyan assistant". Evansville Press. 1972-05-31. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ "Bob Jones wins his final game". Evansville Press. 1980-02-26. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers men's basketball head coaches

V. I. Moore (1907–1910)
Unknown (1910–1916)
John Cobb (1916–1917)
Unknown (1917–1919)
William E. Arnold (1919–1920)
Jesse Sibley (1920–1922)
Basil Hayden (1922–1923)
L. G. Mansfield (1923–1924)
C. A. Webb (1924–1927)
E. R. Miller (1927–1928)
Walter "Rip" Van Winkle (1928–1932)
George Ditto (1932–1941)
Arthur Gullette (1941–1942)
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (1942–1959)
T. L. Plain (1959–1963)
Guy R. Strong (1963–1967)
Bob Daniels (1967–1972)
Bob Jones (1972–1980)
Mike Pollio (1980–1985)
Wayne Chapman (1985–1990)
Wayne Boultinghouse (1990–1996)
Ray Harper (1996–2005)
Todd Lee (2005–2013)
Happy Osborne (2013– )

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