John Henry Jones Jr. (born March 30, 1961) is an American

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coach who is the head coach of the Texas Southern Tigers basketball team. He was formerly the men's basketball head coach at

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and at his alma mater

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Playing career

Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at

, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under

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where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.

Coaching career

Head coaching career

Memphis

Jones was named interim head coach at the

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just prior to the 1999–2000 season, replacing

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. He coached the team to a 15–16 record.

North Texas

During Jones' stint at North Texas, he coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007 to 2011, 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.

LSU

At LSU, Jones compiled a 90–72 (.556) overall record with a 42–48 (.467) SEC record in 5 seasons. He led LSU to one NCAA tournament berth during the 2014–15 season, losing to N.C. State in the opening round, and one NIT berth in 2013–14. Jones' team was invited to participate in the NIT in the 2016 season but the University stepped in and declined the offer.

Texas Southern

Jones was named head basketball coach at Texas Southern on June 27, 2018.

Head coaching record

NCAA tournament

NIT tournament

CIT tournament

Personal life

Jones' son, John, is a

player; he played as a

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for the

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under his father during the 2017–18 season and transferred to the

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when his father was hired as head coach in 2018. Jones joined his father's coaching staff at Texas Southern as an assistant coach and director of player development in 2023.

References

External links

LSU Tigers bio
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