 He resigned at the end of the 1997-98 season, having spent the first 20 years of his adult life at UVa as either a player, assistant coach, or head coach.Following a brief stint as associate head coach at Rhode Island, Jones was hired as the head coach at American University in 2000.After the school moved from the Colonial Athletic Association, he guided American to the 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2009 Patriot League regular season championships, and in 2002 he was honored as the Basketball America Patriot League Coach of the Year.