Johnny Jones (2025) - North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame - University of North Texas Athletics

Johnny Jones

Induction:
2025
Class:
2012

Jones, who led the UNT men's basketball program from 2001-12, is the only head coach in program history to reach two NCAA Tournaments (2007 and 2010). Jones racked up 190 wins in his 11 seasons at the helm of the Mean Green program, including two Sun Belt Conference Tournament titles and a first-place regular season league finish in 2010. Jones' 190 head coaching wins are only second in program history to Pete Shands (224) who coached 11 more seasons at UNT than Jones. In his first season he guided UNT to its first winning season in five years. The program went on to have seven winning seasons under Jones including six in a row from 2006-12. Jones twice set the program record for single season wins, topping at 24 in 2010, which still ranks fourth all-time in program history. In total Jones won 20 or more games five times while at UNT.