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Donnie Jones
Current position
Jones in 2008
Title	Head coach
Team	Stetson
Conference	Atlantic Sun
Record	79–81 (.494)
Biographical details
Born	(1966-07-07) July 7, 1966 (age 58) Point Pleasant, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1988	Pikeville

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990	Pikeville (assistant)
1990–1996	Marshall (assistant)
1996–2007	Florida (assistant)
2007–2010	Marshall
2010–2016	UCF
2017–2018	Wichita State (assistant)
2018–2019	Dayton (assistant)
2019–present	Stetson

Head coaching record
Overall	234–210 (.527)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) 3–3 (CBI) 1–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
ASUN tournament (2024)

Donald Isaac Jones Sr. (born July 7, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is currently the men's head basketball coach at Stetson University.This past season lead Stetson University to its First NCAA Tourney in its 53 year history of the school. Prior to Stetson, Jones served as the head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team from 2010 to 2016 and at Marshall from 2007 to 2010.

After spending three years as head coach at Marshall, amassing a 55–41 record, Jones was hired by UCF after the university decided not to retain Kirk Speraw for the 2010–11 season. Before Marshall, Jones was an assistant with the Florida Gators for 11 seasons, and was hired by Marshall after he helped Billy Donovan coach the Gators to consecutive national championships in 2006 and 2007. Afterwards, Jones joined the Knights in 2010, serving as their third head coach since entering into Division I play. On March 10, 2016, Jones was replaced after the team's first round loss in the American Athletic Conference tournament.

In the 2016–17 season, Jones worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. Jones returned to college coaching in April 2017 as an assistant at Wichita State under Gregg Marshall.

In July 2018, Jones was hired by the University of Dayton as assistant coach under Anthony Grant. The 2 previously served together as assistant coaches at Marshall from 1994 to 1996 and at Florida from 1996 to 2006.

On March 29, 2019, Jones was named the 22nd head coach at Stetson University.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Marshall	16–14	8–8	8th
2008–09	Marshall	15–17	7–9	7th
2009–10	Marshall	24–10	11–5	4th	CIT Quarterfinals
Marshall:		55–41 (.573)	26–22 (.542)
UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2010–2013)
2010–11*	UCF	21–12*	6–10*	9th*	CBI Semifinals
2011–12	UCF	22–11	10–6	4th	NIT First Round
2012–13	UCF	20–11	9–7	4th
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14	UCF	13–18	4–14	9th
2014–15	UCF	12–18	5–13	9th
2015–16	UCF	12–18	6–12	7th
UCF:		100–88* (.532)	44–61 (.419)
Stetson Hatters (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20	Stetson	16–17	9–7	T–3rd	No postseason held
2020–21	Stetson	12–15	7–9	7th	CBI Semifinal
2021–22	Stetson	11–19	5–11	5th (East)
2022–23	Stetson	17–14	12–6	T–3rd	CBI First Round
2023–24	Stetson	22–13	11–5	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2024–25	Stetson	1–9	0–0
Stetson:		79–87 (.476)	44–38 (.537)
Total:		234–216 (.520)
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

* UCF had its wins from the 2010–11 season vacated after it was ruled that there was an ineligible player for the Knights.

Personal life

Jones is married to Michelle Jones. They have three children.

References

"UCF to Introduce Donnie Jones as Men's Basketball Head Coach Tuesday". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
"Player Bio: Donnie Jones". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
^ "New coach Jones eyes big things for UCF". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
"Donnie Jones, Assistant Coach". Wichita State Shockers. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
Jablonski, David (July 12, 2018). "Donnie Jones joins Dayton Flyers coach Anthony Grant's staff". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
"Donnie Jones Named Named 22nd Men's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). Stetson Hatters. March 29, 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
"UCF responds to NCAA concerning alleged infractions (PDF)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
"DONNIE JONES". Retrieved 17 October 2020.

External links

UCF Knights bio
Marshall Thundering Herd bio Archived 2015-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
Florida Gators bio

v t e Men's basketball head coaches of the ASUN Conference
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Florida Gators men's basketball 2005–06 NCAA champions

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