Willie Jones | |
Player Years1: | 1999–2003 |
Player Team1: | South Carolina State |
Coach Years1: | 2005–2006 |
Coach Team1: | Tennessee State (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2005–2006 |
Coach Team2: | LeMoyne–Owen (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2006–2007 |
Coach Team3: | South Carolina State (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2007–2009 |
Coach Team4: | Northwest Florida State (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2009–2011 |
Coach Team5: | Georgia Southern (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 2011–2014 |
Coach Team6: | Jacksonville (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 2014–2015 |
Coach Team7: | West Nassau HS |
Coach Years8: | 2015–2016 |
Coach Team8: | Florida A&M (assistant) |
Coach Years9: | 2016–2019 |
Coach Team9: | North Carolina A&T (assistant) |
Coach Years10: | 2019–2022 |
Coach Team10: | North Carolina A&T |
Awards: | MEAC Coach of the Year (2020) |
Willie Jones is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach for North Carolina A&T Aggies from 2019 to 2022. Jones became the interim coach of the Aggies on December 24, 2019 for Jay Joyner, when the team was a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and led the team to a 14–5 overall record and a second place MEAC finish. Jones was named MEAC Coach of the Year for the 2019–20 season.[1]
Jones was elevated to the head coach spot on June 18, 2020.[2] On August 18, 2022, Jones was fired and succeeded by assistant coach Phillip Shumpert.[3]