Brian Jones (basketball, born 1971)

For other people named Brian Jones, see Brian Jones (disambiguation).

Brian Jones

Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	East Tennessee State
Conference	SoCon
Biographical details
Born	(1971-04-22) April 22, 1971 Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1990–1994	Northern Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1998	Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
1998–1999	Southwest Missouri State (assistant)
1999–2006	Iowa (assistant)
2006–2019	North Dakota
2019–2022	Illinois State (asst.)
2022	Illinois State (interim HC)
2022–2023	Bradley (assistant)
2023–present	East Tennessee State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	192–222 (.464)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–5 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Great West tournament (2011, 2012) Big Sky regular season (2017) Big Sky tournament (2017)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2017)

Brian Jones (born April 22, 1971) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at East Tennessee State. Jones is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa. Prior to North Dakota Jones was a longtime assistant on the coaching staffs of Steve Alford. While working with Alford, he participated in the four NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments, once with Southwest Missouri St. and three times with Iowa. Jones was named the 18th head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux basketball program on May 25, 2006. Under Jones' tenure at North Dakota, the university won back-to-back Great West tournament championships in 2011 and 2012, and he led North Dakota to four consecutive appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. In 2017, he led North Dakota to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time.

Jones was the interim head coach at Illinois State from February 14, 2022, through the end of the season following Dan Muller's resignation.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference) (2006–2008)
2006–07	North Dakota	11–17	3–10	T–5th
2007–08	North Dakota	15–15	2–10	T–6th
North Dakota:		26–32 (.448)	5–20 (.200)
North Dakota Fighting Sioux / North Dakota (Great West Conference) (2008–2012)
2008–09	North Dakota	16–12	5–7	4th
2009–10	North Dakota	8–23	5–7	T–3rd
2010–11	North Dakota	19–15	8–4	3rd	CIT First Round
2011–12	North Dakota	17–15	6–4	2nd	CIT First Round
North Dakota:		60–65 (.480)	24–22 (.522)
North Dakota / North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Big Sky Conference) (2012–2018)
2012–13	North Dakota	16–17	12–8	3rd	CIT First Round
2013–14	North Dakota	17–17	12–8	T–2nd	CIT First Round
2014–15	North Dakota	8–22	4–14	T–10th
2015–16	North Dakota	17–16	10–8	T–5th	CIT First Round
2016–17	North Dakota	22–10	14–4	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2017–18	North Dakota	12–20	6–12	T–8th
North Dakota:		92–102 (.474)	58–54 (.518)
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Summit League) (2018–2019)
2018–19	North Dakota	12–18	6–10	7th
North Dakota:		12–18 (.400)	6–10 (.375)
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Conference) (2022)
2021–22*	Illinois State	2–5 (.286)	1–4 (.200)
Total:		192–222 (.464)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

*Interim coach

External links

• North Dakota profile