James Fitzgerald Jones (born February 20, 1964) is an American men's

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coach who is the head coach at

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. Born in

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, Jones played college basketball at

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and worked as a sales executive for

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before beginning his coaching career. Jones succeeded Dick Kuchen as the 22nd men's basketball head coach of Yale University on April 27, 1999. On March 17, 2016, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fifth-seeded

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Bears in the first round of the

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. Five of Jones' assistants have gone on to become head coaches:

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( University of New Haven),

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(

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), Isaiah Cavaco (

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), Mark Sembrowich (

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), and Mark Gilbride (

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). His brother, Joe Jones, is the current men's basketball head coach at

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and was previously the men's basketball head coach at

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Yale biography of Jones
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