Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966)

Clarence William Jones (born March 18, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] His professional career spanned from 1989 to 2001, and included stops in the National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, France, Italy, and Venezuela.

Bill Jones
Windsor Express
PositionHead coach
LeagueNBL Canada
Personal information
Born (1966-03-18) March 18, 1966
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolSouthwestern (Detroit, Michigan)
CollegeIowa (1984–1988)
NBA draft1988: undrafted
Playing career1988–2001
PositionSmall forward
Number20
Coaching career2004–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1989Quad City Thunder
1989New Jersey Nets
1989–1990Quad City Thunder
1990–1992Montpellier Paillade
1992–1993BCM Gravelines
1993–1994Paris Racing
1994–1995Quad City Thunder
1995–1998Andrea Costa Imola
1998–1999Serapide Pozzuoli
1999Napoli
1999–2000Basket Rimini Crabs
2000–2001Gaiteros del Zulia
As coach:
2004–2005Detroit Wheels
2007–2009Detroit Panthers
2011–presentWindsor Express
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

College career

Jones played college basketball at the University of Iowa, from 1984–85 to 1987–88.[2] He scored 981 career points, and helped lead the Hawkeyes to four consecutive berths into the NCAA Tournament.[2][3] He appeared in 125 games, and averaged 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.[2]

Professional career

Although he was not selected in the NBA draft, Jones would play a total of 37 games in the 1988–89 NBA season, with the New Jersey Nets, where he averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

Other professional highlights included being named to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1988–89, the All-CBA Second Team in 1989–90, and the CBA All-Star Game, in 1995.[4][5]

Jones retired from professional basketball after the 2000–01 season.[6] As of March 2012 he owns a bank security company in his home state of Michigan.[7]

Since the inception of the team, Jones has served as head coach of the Windsor Express in the NBL of Canada. [8]

References
  1. "Bill Jones NBA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  2. "Bill Jones college stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  3. "Iowa Hawkeyes year-by-year results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  4. Hasty, Roy (January 24, 1995). "CBA All-Star Game". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  5. "All-CBA Teams". Basketball List By Pro Team. Columbia City Collectibles. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  6. "Bill Jones basketball profile". LatinBasket. Eurobasket Inc. 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  7. Page, Eric (March 9, 2012). "Coming home again: Success on court has led to success in life for '86–87 Hawkeyes". Iowa Now. University of Iowa. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  8. "Coaching Staff, Windsor Express". NBL of Canada. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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