Elliot Jones

Elliot Jones is an American baseball coach and former first baseman, who is the current head baseball coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs. He played college baseball at Southern for coach Roger Cador from 2012 to 2014.

Elliot Jones
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAlabama A&M
ConferenceSWAC
Record37–89
Biographical details
Born31–32
Shreveport, Louisiana
Playing career
2012–2014Southern
Position(s)First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015–2017Southern (H)
2018–2020Grambling State (H/OF/C)
2021–presentAlabama A&M
Head coaching record
Overall37–89
TournamentsSWAC: 0–2
NCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Jones attended Huntington High School in Shreveport. While there, he was a two-sport athlete, quarterbacking the football team[1] as well as playing baseball. On March 31, 2011, Jones committed to play college baseball at Southern University.[2]

Coaching career

Jones began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern. He was originally hired to be the head coach at Livonia High School,[3] but he decided to accept a position as an assistant at Grambling State University instead.

On October 23, 2020, Jones was named the head coach of Alabama A&M.[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Alabama A&M 9–209–133rd (East)SWAC Tournament
2022 Alabama A&M 14–3510–205th (East)
2023 Alabama A&M 14–345–246th (East)
Alabama A&M: 37–8924–57
Total:37–89

      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

References
  1. "Elliot Jones". www.maxpreps.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  2. "Elliot Jones Is Headed to Southern". www.ktbs.com. KTBS3. March 31, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. Robin Fambrough (August 3, 2018). "Livonia hires former SU player, assistant Elliott Jones as its head baseball coach". www.theadvocate.com. The Advocate. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  4. Jordan Benson (October 23, 2020). "Elliot Jones Named Bulldog Head Baseball Coach". www.aamusports.com. Alabama A&M University. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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