Harriers Basketball Coaching Staff

Head Coach, Harriers Basketball

Coach Jones enters his seventh season with the Harriers Men's Basketball program. This year being his first season as Head Coach. He joined Miami Hamilton coaching staff in 2020 as an assistant under Coach Mike Piatt loosing their first year due to the Pandemic. As an Assistant, Coach Jones has been instrumental in helping build the Harriers into one of the top programs in the USCAA ( United States Collegiate Athletic Association). In the past 6 seasons the Harriers have had 95 wins and 48 losses with 2 Elite Eights, 2 National Championship Runner ups, and Miami University's First National Championship in USCAA Small College Basketball National Tournament.

Prior to coaching, Coach Jones played in several leagues and assisted in community basketball. His passion for basketball began at a young age, he played at John Hay High School in Cleveland, Ohio where he is also a native. After playing high school basketball, Coach Jones continued his basketball journey at Thiel College, majoring in Business Administration for two years. After leaving Thiel College Coach Jones enlisted in the United States Army to serve his country and became a member of the 72nd Brigade 13 Bravo Artillery unit in Wurzburg, Germany. During his term in Germany, he also played professionally for the German sports league DJK Sports Association in Wurzburg, Germany for 3 years.

Coach Jones later returned to his native Cleveland where he assisted the Legendary Bob Nance at Bob Nance Basketball Academy (BNBA has been a fixture in Cleveland for over three decades), a local basketball camp for boys and girls, and has helped develop many College and NBA players. Before returning to college and receiving his Culinary Arts degree from Le Cordon Bleu Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts in 2009.

Contact information: 937-546-3828. or chrisjchrisjay@gmail.com