Jones set to join Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame

PEARL — Mike Jones will be inducted into the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 25 at the Hinds Community College’s Clyde Muse Center.

Jones, who lives in Madison, received his associate’s degree in 1973 from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, where he played baseball and basketball.

He continued his education at Mississippi College and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

During his time on the Choctaw baseball team, he was named to All-Conference.

Jones returned to Co-Lin as head basketball coach from 1985 to 1988 before taking the same job at Mississippi College, where he remained for the remainder of his career.

He held the title of MC’s head basketball coach from 1988 to 2002 and from 2006 to 2008.

He also served as athletic director at MC from 2002 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2021.

Jones guided the Wolves to two National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament appearances and was named MACCC Coach of the Year twice.

His record during his tenure at Co-Lin stands at 112-20.

At MC, he had a home winning streak from 1995 to 1999, won the 1995 Gulf South Conference Champions and had seven appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

He was a three-time American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year and a five-time ASC champion.

He posted an overall record at MC of 342-127.

Of all his time in coaching, Jones’ favorite was the two years he was able to coach his grandson, Zach Jones, at MC.

Jones was inducted into the Co-Lin Hall of Fame in 1996, the Mississippi College Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

Jones and his wife, Jane, have two children, Michael Jones Jr., and Amanda Rae Jones Sisson (Taylor); and six grandchildren ranging in age from 23 to 4.