NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion men's basketball head coach Jeff Jones was named the NABC All-District 11 Coach of the Year, as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. For a look at a complete list of All-District Coaches, please see the attached document.

Jones and his Monarchs finished the 2018-19 campaign with a 26-9 overall record and 13-5 mark in league play. After being picked third in the C-USA Preseason Poll, Old Dominion won the Conference USA regular season with two games remaining. ODU then went on to win the 2019 Conference USA Tournament, clinching an automatic birth in the NCAA Tournament. Jones was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year for his efforts.

Jones is 122-49 over the past five seasons in Norfolk. The 122 victories ranks 20th in the NCAA and also ranks first within Conference USA. Within league play over the past five seasons, Jones has compiled a 65-25 record, which leads the conference.

Jones' ODU teams have averaged 24.4 overall wins and 13 conference wins over the past five seasons. Jones and the Monarchs have finished no worse than third in C-USA during the regular season in the last five years. ODU is the only team in C-USA that can claim this.

About the National Association of Basketball Coaches

Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.