James Jones is an NCAA men's Basketball coach for Yale University. Jones, the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach at Yale, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history. Jones, the longest-tenured coach in the league, enters the 2024-25 season with 396 career victories, which is the second most in league history, and his 180 Ivy wins are the third most in league history.
Jones, who is in his 22nd season at the helm, has guided the Bulldogs to six Ivy League championships – 2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2023 - three NCAA Tournament berths – 2016, 2019, 2020 - and six postseason appearances. His .612 winning percentage in Ivy games is by far the highest in school history. Jones, the 2019 recipient of the Ben Jobe Award as the top minority coach in Division I men's basketball, has presided over the most successful era in the long history of Yale Basketball.
Over the last nine seasons, the Bulldogs have won five league titles and earned three NCAA Tournament berths, including notching the first NCAA victory in school history.
