Marching to Madness, Episode 925 – UNCG head coach Mike Jones

Coach Mike Jones drops by “Marching to Madness” once again as his talented Spartans finished tied for second with Chattanooga in the Southern Conference in 2023-24. Jones loses three of his top players as Mikeal Brown-Jones was the SoCon’s second-leading scorer with 18.9 ppg. Twins Keyshaun and Kobe Langley finished their fifth years at UNCG as they were two of the top defensive players in the league. Coach Jones also gives us a coaches clinic on his defensive philosophy as his teams are always atop their leagues on the defensive end of the floor.

Topics include:

  • Concepts and drills in coaching defense
  • Mikeal Brown-Jones’ transfer to Ole Miss and Keyshaun and Kobe Brown finishing their fifth seasons in the program
  • Donovan Atwell as the Spartans’ leading returning scorer
  • Kenyon Giles and Michael Polite, III, coming to UNCG as transfers from Radford and George Mason, respectively.