Jones played high school basketball at DeMatha before graduating and enrolling at Old Dominion University. Jones played at ODU from 1991–95 and earned All-CAA honors as a senior.[2] Jones scored 19 points in ODU's triple overtime upset win over No. 3 seed Villanova in the first round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament.[3] Jones' 168 career three-pointers are sixth most in Monarch history. He scored 1,166 career points in 111 games played.[2]
After graduating from ODU, Jones played professionally in Portugal, Hong Kong, Finland and the Dominican Republic.[4]
Coaching career
Jones broke into coaching when he joined hall of fame coach Morgan Wootten's staff at DeMatha in 1999. He replaced Wootten as Head Coach in 2002.[5] Jones led the Stags to nine Washington Catholic Athletic Conference regular-season championships, eight WCAC tournament championships and a national championship in 2006 while compiling a 511–119 record.[6] Jones coached at least 6 future NBA players at DeMatha, including Markelle Fultz and Jerian Grant.[7] DeMatha named their court in honor of Jones in 2023.[8]
Jones left DeMatha in 2021 to take role as the associate head coach for Virginia Tech under Mike Young. Young valued Jones' ability to recruit the D.C. area. After two seasons, Jones left Virginia Tech to become an assistant coach for Kevin Willard's staff at the University of Maryland.[7] After one season at Maryland, Jones was hired as Head Coach at his alma mater, Old Dominion.[2]
