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Last Updated: March 02, 2024, 00:00 IST
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Old Dominion has employed former Monarchs participant and Maryland assistant coach Mike Jones as its males’s basketball coach, athletic director Wood Selig introduced.
NORFOLK, Va.: Old Dominion has employed former Monarchs participant and Maryland assistant coach Mike Jones as its males’s basketball coach, athletic director Wood Selig introduced.
Jones, who performed for Old Dominion from 1991-95, replaces Jeff Jones, who retired this week amid well being considerations after 11 seasons. Mike Jones is simply the second alumnus employed to teach the workforce, becoming a member of Oliver Purnell.
During his enjoying profession at ODU, Mike Jones was part of two Coastal Athletic Association match championship groups. He scored 19 factors in one of many biggest wins in ODU historical past, a triple time beyond regulation triumph in opposition to No. 3 seed Villanova within the first spherical of the 1995 NCAA Tournament.
“It was imperative that our new head coach check all the essential boxes including ability to recruit both high school and transfer student-athletes, player development, coaching acumen, style of play, community engagement, impeccable character and a proven history of success. Mike Jones checks all those boxes,” Selig mentioned at a press convention asserting the rent. “In Mike Jones, ODU has a leader who has seen success at the highest level and knows what it takes to sustain competitive excellence. The fact that he is one of us is icing on the cake.”
“I could not be more excited. This is an opportunity of a lifetime,” Jones mentioned. “ODU is home to me and we are ready to work to build the program back into something that Norfolk and the entire Hampton Roads community will be proud of.”
Jones spent 19 years as the top coach at DeMatha High School in Maryland earlier than changing into the affiliate head coach at Virginia Tech in 2021. His two seasons in Blacksburg included the Hokies’ first Atlantic Coast Conference match championship. He moved to Maryland this season.
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