MIKE JONES – DEMATHA CATHOLIC (MD) HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY COACH & USA BASKETBALL U16 NATIONAL TEAM COACH – EPISODE 112

Mike Jones has been the head coach at DeMatha Catholic High School for 17 years and he won a national title in 2006. Mike’s teams have won nine Washington Catholic Athletic Conference regular season titles, eight WCAC Tournament crowns, four Maryland Private School Tournament championships, six Abe Pollin City titles and six Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament championships. Additionally, since he started as a head coach at DeMatha, Jones has coached six athletes who went on to play in the NBA. Coach Jones owns an all-time record at DeMatha of 469-116 (.802 winning percentage).

A standout player at Old Dominion University from 1991-92 through 1994-95, Jones was a member of the All-Colonial Athletic Association second team and earned CAA All-Tournament team honors in his senior season, in which he averaged 16.5 ppg. Jones led the Monarchs to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1992 and 1995, and he capped his ODU career with 1,166 points. 

Following his career at ODU, Jones played professionally in the CBA and International Basketball Association, where he was all-league first team in 1997. He also played professionally in Portugal, Hong Kong, Finland and the Dominican Republic.

Mike alsowill serve in his 19th USA Basketball coaching role as head coach of the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team.

Three times he previously has served as head coach of the USA Nike Hoop Summit Team, including in 2013, 2014 and 2018, and he served as a USA Nike Hoop Summit assistant coach in 2012 and 2017.

He got his start with USA Basketball as an assistant coach for the 2004 Youth Development Festival East Team. He won three gold medals with USA Basketball men’s junior national teams, including the 2011 U16 team and 2012 and 2016 U17 teams. He also previously has worked as a coach at the annual USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp eight times (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018).

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You will definitely want to take some notes as you listen to this episode with Coach Mike Jones from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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