Sam Jones

Sam Jones is currently a consultant and Director of the Nike Basketball Academy. Jones has spent the past two seasons with Colorado State as an assistant coach. Prior to that he spent 2 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers as a player development coordinator after having been on the coaching staff of the NBA G-League's Cleveland Charge for three seasons from 2016-19, the last as associate head coach.

Jones started his coaching career in The Netherlands, working with Den Bosch Eiffel Towers for three years as an assistant coach before taking over as head coach of Den Bosch SPM Shoeters (club changed names). With SPM Shoeters, he led his team to the Dutch Basketball League and NBB Cup crowns in 2014-15 and Dutch Basketball Supercup title in 2015-16. He also spent his final three years in the Netherlands as the associate head coach with the Dutch Men's National Team.

Prior to coaching, Jones played 10 seasons in Europe, including playing in the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Spain and Cyprus. During his time playing, he won two titles with Den Bosch Eiffel Towers and appeared in multiple All-Star games.

A 2000 graduate of Northwood University with a bachelor's in business management and a minor in marketing management, Jones scored 1,324 points in his career with the Timberwolves, which ranks 16th in their record book. He is Northwood's all-time leader with 256 career steals, including the single-season record with 74 in 1999-2000. He also ranks third in career assists, having led the team in season assists three times while also averaging a team-best 16.3 points per game his senior season. He attended high school at Alan B. Shepard in Palos Heights, Ill., where he was named to the 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame class.