Career
Jones previously served as the head coach at the University of North Texas. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games. Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999-2000 season, replacing Tic Price.
He coached the team to a 15-16 record.
Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at Louisiana State University, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at Louisiana State University under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four.