He worked two years as assistant coach at Georgetown College before becoming assistant-coach with the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers in 1967.
Jones was also named the school's athletic director, succeeding William Douglas, who had resigned earlier in the year.
[2][3][4] Jones was fired as head coach in December 1979, but agreed to finish the season.
[7] Jones brought The Panthers to the 1973 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
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