Field Level Media
19 Aug 2022, 06:40 GMT+10
North Carolina AT fired men's basketball coach Will Jones on Thursday, a few weeks before the start of practice for the 2022-23 season.
Assistant Phillip Shumpert was named interim head coach, and the school will wait until after the upcoming season to conduct a search for a permanent replacement.
"We appreciate all that coach Jones accomplished for the North Carolina AT men's basketball program and wish him well in his future endeavors," athletic director Earl Hilton said in a release. "We will rally around coach Shumpert as he prepares our young men for our first season in the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association)."
Jones went 37-35 in parts of three seasons for the Aggies, including a 24-15 mark in league play. The Aggies played in the Big South conference in 2021-22 and the MEAC the two previous years. They were MEAC regular season champions in the 2020-21 season.
Jones took over for Jay Joyner in December 2019 and was named the permanent head coach before the following season.
--Field Level Media
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