Donnie Jones (basketball)

Donald Isaac Jones Sr. (born July 7, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and former college basketball player. Jones served as the head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team from 2010 to 2016.

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• Jr journalist connor maskiell interviews ucf head basketball coach donnie jones
• A day in the life of donnie jones feature
• Head coaching record
• References

After spending three years as head coach at Marshall, amassing a 55–41 record, Jones was hired by UCF after the university decided not to retain Kirk Speraw for the 2010–11 season. Before Marshall, Jones was an assistant with the Florida Gators for 11 seasons, and was hired by Marshall after he helped Billy Donovan coach the Gators to consecutive national championships in 2006 and 2007. Afterwards, Jones joined the Knights in 2010, serving as their third head coach since entering into Division I play. While with the Knights, Jones earned the nicknames 'Back Door Donnie' for coming onto the floor of the Cam Henderson Center of Marshall University (his former team) by a different door. He was booed unmercifully. Also known as 'Benedict Donald' for leaving one C-USA team to coach its rival. On March 10, 2016, Jones was fired after the team's second consecutive first round loss in the American Athletic Conference tournament.

In the 2016–17 season, Jones worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. Jones returned to college coaching in April 2017 as an assistant at Wichita State under Gregg Marshall.