Rick Jones (baseball coach)

Rick Jones is an American college baseball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Tulane Green Wave baseball team. He held that position for 21 seasons – from 1994 to 2014.

Early in his coaching career, Jones coached at Ferrum College, while it was an NJCAA member and at Elon College, while it was an NAIA member.

Jones led the Green Wave to 12 NCAA tournament appearances. In 2001 his team advanced to the College World Series for the first time in school history. In 2005, he again led his team to the CWS, this time as the overall #1 seed in the tournament. Jones' Green Wave teams won four Conference USA regular-season championships (1997, 1998, 2001, 2005) and five Conference USA tournament championships (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005).

His 814 career wins were the most tallied by any Tulane coach in any sport. Jones has been inducted into Tulane’s athletics Hall of Fame, the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. In 2023, Tulane baseball retired his uniform number.^[1]

Head coaching records

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References

1. Smith, Guerry (April 14, 2023). "Former Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones has his jersey number retired". NOLA.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
2. "Annual Conference Standings". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
3. "2013 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
4. "Tulane Baseball Head Coach Rick Jones Retires after 21 Years with the Green Wave". Tulane Athletics. May 23, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.