About Bill Jones
Born 1944. Bill Jones is a basketball coach and basketball player.
William Edwin Jones (born September 4, 1944) is an American retired college basketball head coach. He guided the Jacksonville State University men's basketball team to the 1985 NCAA Division II national championship. That year, the Gamecocks lost their first game of the season but then went on to win 31 consecutive games to claim the national title. Jones oversaw the program's transition from Division II to Division I in the 1995–96 season when they joined the Trans America Athletic Conference.
Jones also played for Jacksonville State, earning varsity letters in 1964–65 and 1965–66. As a senior in 1965–66 he earned All-American status.
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American college basketball coach
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Bill Jones was born on 4 September 1944.
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Bill Jones is a basketball coach and basketball player.
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