James Jones (basketball, born 1964)

James Jones
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Yale
Conference	Ivy League
Record	401–316 (.559)
Biographical details
Born	February 20, 1964 (age 60); Long Island, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1982–1986	Albany
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1995	Albany (assistant)
1995–1997	Yale (assistant)
1997–1999	Ohio (assistant)
1999–present	Yale
Head coaching record
Overall	401–316 (.559)
Tournaments	2–4 (NCAA Division I); 1–2 (NIT); 4–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	6 Ivy League regular season (2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023); 3 Ivy League tournament (2019, 2022, 2024)
Awards
	Hugh Durham Award (2016); Ben Jobe Award (2019); 4× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2020, 2023)

James Fitzgerald Jones^[1] (born February 20, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach at Yale University.

Born on Long Island, Jones played college basketball at SUNY Albany and worked as a sales executive for NCR Corporation before beginning his coaching career.^[2] Jones succeeded Dick Kuchen as the 22nd men's basketball head coach of Yale University on April 27, 1999.^[3] On March 17, 2016, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fifth-seeded Baylor University Bears in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[4] On March 22, 2024, Jones and the Bulldogs upset the fourth-seeded Auburn University Tigers in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Five of Jones' assistants have gone on to become head coaches: Ted Hotaling (University of New Haven), Rob Senderoff (Kent State University), Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin College), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of Art University), and Mark Gilbride (Clarkson University).^[5]

Jones was inducted into New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, is a three-time Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, and 2020), and has been named the NABC District 13 Coach of the Year three times.^[6]

His brother, Joe Jones, is the current men's basketball head coach at Boston University and was previously the men's basketball head coach at Columbia University.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1999–present)
1999–00	Yale	7–20	5–9	5th
2000–01	Yale	10–17	7–7	4th
2001–02	Yale	21–11	11–3	T–1st	NIT Second Round
2002–03	Yale	14–13	8–6	4th
2003–04	Yale	12–15	7–7	4th
2004–05	Yale	11–16	7–7	3rd
2005–06	Yale	15–14	7–7	4th
2006–07	Yale	14–13	10–4	2nd
2007–08	Yale	13–15	7–7	4th
2008–09	Yale	13–15	8–6	2nd
2009–10	Yale	12–19	6–8	4th
2010–11	Yale	15–13	8–6	3rd
2011–12	Yale	19–10	9–5	4th	CIT First Round
2012–13	Yale	14–17	8–6	3rd
2013–14	Yale	19–14	9–5	2nd	CIT Runner-Up
2014–15	Yale	22–10	11–3	T–1st
2015–16	Yale	23–7	13–1	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2016–17	Yale	18–11	9–5	3rd
2017–18	Yale	16–15	9–5	3rd
2018–19	Yale	22–8	10–4	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20	Yale	23–7	11–3	1st	Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21	Yale^[a]
2021–22	Yale	19–12	11–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23	Yale	21–9	10–4	T–1st	NIT First Round
2023–24	Yale	23–10	11–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2024–25	Yale	5–5	0–0
Yale:		401–316 (.559)	220–125 (.638)
Total:		401–316 (.559)
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