Interview w/ Coach Will Jones (Former Head Coach at North Carolina A&T)

Coach Will Jones shares his journey from growing up in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to being a Head Coach at the NCAA Division I level.

After playing college basketball at South Carolina State he accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Tennessee State. After earning his Master's Degree from Tennessee State, he accepted an Assistant Coach position at Lemoyne-Owen College during the 2005-06 season. He would return to South Carolina State as an Assistant Coach, after one season his Head Coach was let go and the staff wasn't retained either.

Coach Jones joined the NJCAA ranks at what is now known as Northwest Florida State College. The program went 48-11 during his two years on staff. He accepted a Head Coach position at Motlow State but they declined it so that he could join the coaching staff at Charleston Southern.

From Charleston Southern he continued down south to Florida, to coach Jacksonville University under Cliff Warren. After Coach Warren wasn’t retained he became a first-time Head Coach at West Nassau High School, and the following season he returned to the college ranks at Florida A&M during the 2015-16 season under Bryon Samuels. In July of 2016 and joined the coaching staff at North Carolina A&T. He served under Coach Jay Joyner’s coaching staff and was instrumental in the Aggies having one of the best turnarounds in NCAA Division I history. N.C. A&T improved by 17 games from the 2016-17 to the 2017-18 season after going 20-15 overall. Coach Joyner promoted him to Associate HC prior to the 2018 season, and then in December of 2019 Coach Joyner was suspended indefinitely and he was announced as the Aggies Interim Head Coach. Coach Jones went on to be named the MEAC Coach of the Year as an Interim HC.

This past August Coach Jones and North Carolina A&T parted ways, he finished his tenure with a a 37-35 overall recording including leading the Aggies to a MEAC regular season championship during the 2020-2021 campaign.