Former Kentucky Wesleyan College Basketball Coach Bob Jones, who won the 1973 NCAA Division II Championship with a 24-6 record in his first season, has passed away at age 81.
Jones also earned National Association Basketball Coach (NABC) National Division II Coach of the Year in 1973. He led the Panthers to a No. 1 ranking for six weeks in 1974 and a second-place finish in the NCAA Midwest Region.
His Panthers posted an eight-year record 119-90 for a 56.9 winning percentage (1972-80).
Jones served as an assistant coach for KWC for four seasons including the 1968 and 1969 NCAA Championship teams and the 1971 NCAA Fourth Place team.
He also held the role of Director of Athletics for eight years and Head Baseball Coach for five seasons.
During his playing days at Georgetown College (Ky.), he started at center leading the Tigers to the 1961 NAIA Championship game. Jones still holds the school career record with 1,730 rebounds. In 2001, the College inducted him into their Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame.
This is a KWC Athletics press release.
