Billy Jones
Biographical details
BornKent, Washington
Playing career
1988Lower Columbia College
1989–1990Bellevue
1992Southwest Texas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Green River (Asst.)
1997–1998Green River
1999–2000Oregon State (Asst.)
2001Arizona State (Asst.)
2002–2004NC State (Asst.)
2005–2012Oklahoma State (Asst.)
2013–2016Appalachian State
2017Tulane (Asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall85-149

Billy Jones is an American college baseball coach. He had served as head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball program from 2013 to 2016. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Jones played at Lower Columbia College and Bellevue Community College before spending his final season at Division I Southwest Texas State. He began coaching as an assistant for two seasons at Green River Community College being elevated to the head coaching position. After two more seasons, he moved to Oregon State as an assistant, where he worked with infielders for two years. Jones then spent a year in the same position at Arizona State. Following the 2001 season, he coached the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League.[7] In 2002, he moved to NC State, where he worked for three seasons. He started as an assistant coach, and later added recruiting coordinator duties. In 2005, Jones accepted the same position at Oklahoma State. On July 6, 2013, Jones was introduced as head coach at Appalachian State, his first Division I head coaching position.[1][2][6]

Head coaching record

The table below lists Jones' record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Green River (Records Not Available) (1997–1998)
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (2013–2014)
2013 Appalachian State 29–2313–145thSoCon Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2014 Appalachian State 21–3412–14T-5thSoCon Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
Appalachian State: 50-5725-28
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–2016)
2015 Appalachian State 17-368-2111th
2016 Appalachian State 18-389-2111th
Appalachian State: 35-7417-42
Total:85–149

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the SoCon's 11 teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.
  2. ↑ All of the SoCon's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 "Billy Jones Named Head Baseball Coach". Appalachian State Mountaineers. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Billy Jones Bio". Oklahoma State Cowboys. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Billy Jones Bio". NC State Wolfpack. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Billy Jones, former Oregon State baseball assistant, hired at Appalachian State". The Oregonian. July 6, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ "ASU names new baseball coach". Watauga Democrat. July 6, 2012. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Appalachian hires Billy Jones as baseball coach". Winston-Salem Journal. July 6, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ "NC State Baseball Hires Billy Jones As Full-Time Assistant Coach". gopack.com. July 17, 2002. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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