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| Tuskegee University Names Oliver Jones Men's Basketball CoachMay 30, 2000Tuskegee, AL - Oliver Jones, who won six SIAC championships during his 28 years as head basketball coach at Albany State University, has been named head men's basketball coach at Tuskegee University.
"We intend to come in and be a championship team," Jones said from his home in Albany, GA. "We have enough talent to get the job done. It's just a matter of getting them acclimated to the system and to each other." Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, the president of Tuskegee University, said he is excited. "Coach Jones' record shows that he is a winner. The Tuskegee family will give him the support he needs off the floor, and we will leave it to Coach Jones and his team to deliver the championship titles." President Payton called Jones a "strong competitor." Prior to accepting the position at Tuskegee, Jones had been head men's basketball coach at Albany State University since 1972. His teams wonSIAC championships in 1973, '83, '84, '85, '92, and '97. Under Jones' leadership, ASU was the SIAC tournament runner-up in 1972, '82, '89, and '90. Jones took the Albany State Rams to six NCAA post season tournaments, and he was named Coach of the Year seven times while at ASU. Ironically, it was Coach Jones and his Albany State Rams who defeated Tuskegee University in the 1984 SIAC Tournament, the last time the Golden Tigers advanced to the basketball tournament finals. "We will have our players giving all that they have," Jones promised. "We want to be up and stay up; no peaks and valleys." Jones maintains that players must be "fundamentally sound to win." he promises to teach the players "everything they need to know" about the three phases of basketball - offense, defense, and transition. If his players learn and execute the ten concepts about the three phases of the game he will teach, Jones says, "I won't have to worry about the players; they can evaluate themselves."
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