Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)

Johnny Jones
Current position

Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	LSU
Conference	SEC
Record	80–51 (.611)
Biographical details
Born	(1961-03-30) March 30, 1961 DeRidder, Louisiana
Playing career
1980–1984	LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1997	LSU (asst.)
1997–1999	Memphis (asst.)
1999–2000	Memphis
2000–2001	Alabama (asst.)
2001–2012	North Texas
2012–present	LSU
Head coaching record
Overall	285–213 (.572)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Sun Belt Tournament championship (2007, 2010)

John Henry Jones, Jr.^[1]^[2] (born March 30, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at Louisiana State University (LSU).

Jones previously served as the head coach at the University of North Texas. He coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007–11, and two Sun Belt Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament bids. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games.^[3]

Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999–2000 season, replacing Tic Price. He coached the team to a 15–16 record.^[4]

Playing career

Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at LSU, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.

Head Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1999–2000)
1999–00	Memphis	15–16	7–9	5th (National)
Memphis:		15–16 (.484)	7–9 (.438)
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2001–2012)
2001–02	North Texas	15–14	8–7	4th (West)
2002–03	North Texas	7–21	2–13	6th (West)
2003–04	North Texas	13–15	8–8	3rd (West)
2004–05	North Texas	14–14	6–9	T–4th (West)
2005–06	North Texas	14–14	6–9	T–4th (West)
2006–07	North Texas	23–11	10–8	3rd (West)	NCAA First Round
2007–08	North Texas	20–11	10–8	3rd (West)
2008–09	North Texas	20–12	11–7	2nd (West)
2009–10	North Texas	24–9	13–5	1st (West)	NCAA First Round
2010–11	North Texas	22–11	8–8	4th (West)
2011–12	North Texas	18–14	9–7	4th (West)
North Texas:		190–144 (.569)	91–89 (.506)
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13	LSU	19–12	9–9	T–8th
2013–14	LSU	20–14	9–9	T–6th	NIT Second Round
2014–15	LSU	22–11	11–7	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
2015–16	LSU	19–14	11–7	T–3rd
LSU:		80–51 (.611)	40–32 (.556)
Total:		285–213 (.572)
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

NCAA tournament

Year	School	Record	Winning %	Notes
2007	North Texas	0-1	.000	Eliminated by (Memphis Tigers) in NCAA First Round
2010	North Texas	0-1	.000	Eliminated by (Kansas State Wildcats) in NCAA First Round
2015	LSU	0-1	.000	Eliminated by (NC State Wolfpack) in NCAA Second Round
Totals		0-3	.000	2 NCAA First Round (Won 0), 1 NCAA Second Round (Won 0)

NIT tournament

Year	School	Record	Winning %	Notes
2014	LSU	1-1	.500	Defeated (San Francisco Dons) in NIT First Round, Eliminated by (SMU Mustangs) in NIT Second Round
Totals		1-1	.500	1 NIT Second Round (Won 1)

References

↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49771231
↑ Rosetta, Randy. "LSU's Johnny Jones took the long road to where he always wanted to be". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2015. That's what Jones' father, John Henry Jones, thought all along. He died in 2004, a few years short of seeing his son realize his latest dream.
↑ "Johnny Jones". North Texas Mean Green. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
↑ "Johnny Jones". LSU. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

External links

LSU Profile

Memphis Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Frederick Grantham (1920–1921) W. H. DePriest (1921–1922) Lester Barnard (1922–1924) Zach Curlin (1924–1943) No team (1943–1944) Zach Curlin (1944–1948) McCoy Tarry (1948–1951) Eugene Lambert (1951–1956) Bob Vanatta (1956–1962) Dean Ehlers (1962–1966) Moe Iba (1966–1970) Gene Bartow (1970–1974) Wayne Yates (1974–1979) Dana Kirk (1979–1986) Larry Finch (1986–1997) Tic Price (1997–1999) Johnny Jones # (1999–2000) John Calipari (2000–2009) Josh Pastner (2009–2016) Tubby Smith (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

North Texas Mean Green men's basketball head coaches

James W. St. Clair (1916–1920)
Theron J. Fouts (1920–1921)
James W. St. Clair (1921–1924)
John B. Reid (1924–1929)
Terrance Myracle (1929–1933)
Jack Sisco (1933–1935)
Pete Shands (1935–1959)
Charles Johnson (1959–1965)
Dan Spika (1965–1970)
Harry Miller (1970–1971)
Gene Robbins (1971–1975)
Bill Blakeley (1975–1983)
Tommy Newman (1983–1986)
Jimmy Gales (1986–1993)
Tim Jankovich (1993–1997)
Vic Trilli (1997–2001)
Johnny Jones (2001–2012)
Tony Benford (2012– )

LSU Tigers basketball head coaches

Edgar Wingard (1908–1909)
John W. Mayhew (1909–1911)
F. M. Long (1911–1913)
C. C. Stroud (1913–1918)
R. E. Edmonds (1918–1919)
C. C. Stroud (1919–1920)
Branch Bocock (1920–1921)
Tad Gormley (1921–1923)
Moon Ducote (1923–1924)
Hugh E. Wilson (1924–1925)
Harry Rabenhorst (1925–1942)
Dale Morey (1942–1944)
Jesse Fatherree & A. L. Swanson (1944–1945)
Harry Rabenhorst (1945–1957)
Jay McCreary (1957–1965)
Frank Truitt (1965–1966)
Press Maravich (1966–1972)
Dale Brown (1972–1997)
John Brady (1997–2008)
Butch Pierre # (2008)
Trent Johnson (2008–2012)
Johnny Jones (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Southeastern Conference

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