Billy Clyde Gillespie is having to take a short medical respite (kidney transplant related) from being the HC at Tarleton State. So...your own, Aggie Hall of Famer, Joseph Jones is taking over.
When the 2023-24 season begins, Joseph Jones will start his fourth year as an assistant coach for Tarleton men’s basketball.
Jones joined the Texan coaching staff midseason in 2021, as Gillispie hired the former Texas A&M Hall of Famer on Jan. 4, a week before conference play began.
In his second season as a member of Gillespie’s staff, his defensive intensity helped lead the prolific Texan defense to lead the WAC in steals and turnover margin. The Texans averaged 9.7 steals per game and a +5.68 turnover margin.
The Texans notched one of its best home records in school history. Tarleton boasted a 12-2 record at Wisdom Gym, its best winning percentage since 2016-17. The squad won their first nine home games extending the win streak into February. Jones helped guide the team to a pair of wins at the Paradise Jam and a runner-up finish for the first time in school history.
For the second-straight season, Jones helped guide sophomore Shamir Bogues to the WAC All-Defensive Team. Freddy Hicks also earned individual recognition as a second-team All-WAC selection.
Jones was known as a defensive force in College Station and brought that same mentality to Tarleton during his first full season as an assistant coach in 2021-22. The Texans finished the season fifth among all D1 programs in turnover percent differential (+6.4), ninth in turnover margin (+4.1), 11th in turnovers forced (505) and 14th in turnovers forced per game (16.3). Tarleton ranked second in the WAC in all four categories.
When the 2023-24 season begins, Joseph Jones will start his fourth year as an assistant coach for Tarleton men’s basketball.
Jones joined the Texan coaching staff midseason in 2021, as Gillispie hired the former Texas A&M Hall of Famer on Jan. 4, a week before conference play began.
In his second season as a member of Gillespie’s staff, his defensive intensity helped lead the prolific Texan defense to lead the WAC in steals and turnover margin. The Texans averaged 9.7 steals per game and a +5.68 turnover margin.
The Texans notched one of its best home records in school history. Tarleton boasted a 12-2 record at Wisdom Gym, its best winning percentage since 2016-17. The squad won their first nine home games extending the win streak into February. Jones helped guide the team to a pair of wins at the Paradise Jam and a runner-up finish for the first time in school history.
For the second-straight season, Jones helped guide sophomore Shamir Bogues to the WAC All-Defensive Team. Freddy Hicks also earned individual recognition as a second-team All-WAC selection.
Jones was known as a defensive force in College Station and brought that same mentality to Tarleton during his first full season as an assistant coach in 2021-22. The Texans finished the season fifth among all D1 programs in turnover percent differential (+6.4), ninth in turnover margin (+4.1), 11th in turnovers forced (505) and 14th in turnovers forced per game (16.3). Tarleton ranked second in the WAC in all four categories.
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