Che' Jones

Che' Jones
	Che Jones during a Northern Arizona University basketball practice.
Current position
Title	Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
Team	College of Southern Nevada
Conference	Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Record	0-0, 2023-24 Season
Biographical details
Born	April 11th, 1971; Columbus, Ohio
Playing career
1997-2001 & 2002	The Ohio State University-Newark & Dighenis Akritas Morphou
Position(s)	Point Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
23 years	Las Vegas High School, Silverado High School, Columbus State Community College, Urbana University, Casper College, Albion College, Las Vegas Venom (ABA), Las Vegas Stars (IBL), Glen Oaks Community College, Northern Arizona University, Phoenix College, College of Southern Nevada
Head coaching record
Overall	0-0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2014 NJCAA National Champions (Phoenix College), 2015 & 2014 NJCAA District Regional Champions (Phoenix College), 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NJCAA ACCAC Champions (Phoenix College) 2006 & 2007 Sunrise Division Champions (Silverado HS), 2004 Ohio Community College Athletic Conference Champions (Columbus St.), 1994 Nevada AAAA State Runner-Up (Las Vegas HS)
Awards
	Ohio Regional Conference All-Conference 1999, 2000, 2001, The Ohio State University-Newark's 2nd all-time leading scorer with 1,693 points. #5 jersey was officially retired by The Ohio State University-Newark in 2001.

Che' Jones (born April 11, 1971, Columbus, Ohio) is an American basketball coach and retired professional basketball player. He is currently an assistant Men's Basketball coach for the College of Southern Nevada. He played college basketball at the Ohio State University-Newark, where he ended his career as the second all-time leading scorer in Ohio State University-Newark history having scored 1,693 points. Jones finished his career at Ohio State-Newark second in assists and notched the highest free-throw percentage for a season in the 1999–2000 season with 91.9%. He is also the all-time leader in three-point field goals made, as well as steals. The university retired his jersey (#5) on February 26, 2001. Jones also played professional basketball in Cyprus. Over 20 of his former players have moved on to become professional basketball players, from the NBA to other professional leagues around the world such as Brandon Brown and DeWayne Russell. He is currently in his second year as the head women's basketball coach after spending the previous season as an assistant coach to long time head coach Kristi Kincaid at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona. On March 22, 2014, as an assistant men's coach, the Phoenix College Bears defeated Essex College for the NJCAA DII National Championship. The following season the Bears returned to the NJCAA Final Four losing to eventual national champion Ricahrd Bland (VA) in a double overtime thriller,^[1] 87-85 2OT. Prior to coaching at Phoenix College he coached at Northern Arizona University, where he also earned his master's degree in Higher Education. He was also the associate head coach at Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Michigan. Prior to Glen Oaks Community College he was the associate head coach at Albion College, an NCAA division III college in Albion, Michigan. During the 2007–2008 season he was the head assistant coach at Casper College, a junior college in Casper, Wyoming. He just recently was the head basketball coach of the Las Vegas Venom of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and an assistant coach to George Tarkanian son of famed coach Jerry Tarkanian, with the Las Vegas Stars of the IBL (International Basketball League). Che' also coached at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio. Jones began his coaching career by helping to build Columbus State Community College into a nationally recognized program with longtime friends head coach Anthony Gholson, who is currently the head assistant men's basketball coach at Capital University in Columbus, OH and Anthony Stewart who was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee-Martin until his tragic death on November 15, 2020.^[2] also at Columbus State University where his team was ranked number one in the country for the entire season and ended their season at 29-2 after losing to the eventual National Champion in the NJCAA Regional Championship game.^[3] He is a long time Las Vegas resident.

References edit

^ "Statesmen Fight Back, Win 2Ot Thriller to Advance to Njcaa Championship". 20 March 2015.
^ "Anthony Stewart, men's basketball coach for UT Martin Skyhawks, dies". 16 November 2020.
^ "Las Vegas Venom Seek First Championship in ABA - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". www.oursportscentral.com. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

External links edit

[1] "Statesmen Fight Back, Win 2Ot Thriller to Advance to Njcaa Championship". 20 March 2015.

[2] "Anthony Stewart, men's basketball coach for UT Martin Skyhawks, dies". 16 November 2020.

[3] "Las Vegas Venom Seek First Championship in ABA - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". www.oursportscentral.com. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

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