Joseph Jones

Joseph CostelloReshawn Jones (born March 21, 1986) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball at Texas A&M (2004–2008) and spent 14 years playing professionally overseas. He is currently an assistant coach for the UTSA Roadrunners in the AAC.

Early years Jones was born March 21, 1986, to D.C. Nealey and Betty Jones in Normangee, Texas.

As a sophomore, junior, and senior at Normangee High School, Jones was a first-team All-State pick. Averaging 22.4 points and 15.1 rebounds in his senior year, Jones led his school to a 37–2 record, winning their final 23 games. The team earned a trip to the Class A Division I championship game where Jones was named the most valuable player in the title game, with 21 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocked shots. Jones was ranked as the Number 86 prospect in the country by HoopScoop and the 12th best post prospect by Rivals.Com.

College career

Freshman year Before Jones arrived in College Station, Aggies coach Melvin Watkins was forced out, with former University of Texas El Paso coach Billy Gillispie taking over the program. The Aggies won their first-round match-up against Syracuse and appeared poised to reach the Sweet 16 when, with 18 seconds left in their second-round game against LSU, the Aggies went up 57–55. The dream was dashed fifteen seconds later, however, when Glen Davis completed a three-point shot for LSU.

Junior year Expectations were raised for Jones's junior season, when Jones, along with teammate Acie Law IV, was named to the John R. Wooden pre-season top 50 All-American watch list, and the team received a Number 13 rank in the pre-season AP poll, The Aggies have ranked as high as Number 6, the highest rank the school had ever achieved.

After suffering knee problems throughout non-conference play, Jones has been a big part of the Aggies' successful 2006-2007 season, averaging 13.2 points per game and a team-best 6.4 rebounds per game. Despite a cramp in his calf that kept him out of most of the second half of the game against Iowa State, Jones still scored 21 points. Jones is an aggressive player, however, and also leads the team in fouls, averaging 3.4 per game and fouling out of five games. Two days later the team earned a 100–82 victory over their archrivals, then-Number 25 Texas, their twenty-first straight home win, making them the sole leader of the Big 12.

Although the Aggies were the number two seed for the Big 12 Conference Tournament, they played poorly in their first game in the quarterfinals of the tournament and were eliminated in a loss to Oklahoma State.

On Selection Sunday, however, the Aggies were rewarded for their regular-season play with a Number 3 seed in the South region of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

In front of an unfriendly crowd during a tough second-round game against Louisville, Jones scored twelve points and had eight rebounds and three steals. The Aggies's 72–69 victory earned them a berth in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1980.

Senior year Jones, along with Texas Longhorns player D. J. Augustin, was featured on the front cover of the November 15, 2007, issue of Sports Illustrated. Jones graduated from A&M a semester early.

Professional career After his college career, Jones joined the Houston Rockets 2008 Summer League. The team had a 12-man roster and was coached by Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner. The team played five games against other NBA teams from July 14–20, 2008.

In the season 2008–09 has been playing at Oyak Renaul Bursa in the Turkish Basketball League. He's averaged 32.2 minutes and 13.9 points per game being the second top-scorer of the team during this season.

In 2012, after spending two years in France with STB Le Havre and one year in Israel with Hapoel Gilboa Galil, Jones signs with Spanish squad CAI Zaragoza.

In September 2014, Jones signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel.

On October 19, 2016, Jones signed with Azad University Tehran. On February 21, 2017, he moved to French club Limoges CSP.

Coaching career In January 2021, Jones was announced as a new assistant coach at Tarleton State University, where he works under his former A&M coach Billy Gillispie. In November 2023, as Gillispie took an indefinite medical leave, Jones was named acting head coach of the Texans.