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Rob Jones

Bay Area native Rob Jones joined the Hawai‘i coaching staff as an assistant coach in the summer of 2022. He works with the Rainbow Warrior wing and post players and also concentrates on the team phases of rebounding and defense.


COACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Assistant Coach (2022-present)
  • UC Riverside, Assistant Coach (2021-22)
  • Saint Mary’s College, Director of Player Development (2019-21); Graduate Assistant (2017-19)
 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Helped UH to a 22-win season and its first-ever Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic title in his first season in Manoa.
  • In his first stint as a full-time assistant coach helped lead UC Riverside to a 16-12 mark and the program's most conference wins (9) ever in the 20 years of competing in the Big West.
  • Also served on the staff for his alma mater Saint Mary’s College for four seasons.
  • Helped the Gaels to three postseason appearances during that stretch, including an appearance in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
  • Also helped the Gaels to 26 wins during the 2019-20 season that was abruptly ended by COVID prior to the postseason. 
 
COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Saint Mary’s College (2010-12)
  • San Diego (2007-09)

PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS
  • A two-time first-team all-West Coast Conference selection at Saint Mary's College. 
  • As a senior, he led the WCC and ranked seventh nationally in rebounds per game with a 10.8 average and ranked fifth nationally in double-doubles with 20 on the season despite standing just 6-5. 
  • During that same season he helped lead SMC to an outright league title, an NCAA Tournament appearance and No. 12 national ranking. 
  • Also played at the University of San Diego where he earned all-WCC freshman honors and was part of the 2008 Toreros team that upset fourth-seeded Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2012 NBA Summer League before playing overseas for four years in Greece, Poland, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Australia, winning the 2012-13 Polish TBL with Stelmet Zielona Gora.

HOMETOWN
  • San Francisco, Calif. 

EDUCATION
  • Saint Mary’s College, B.A., Sociology, 2012 

PERSONAL
  • Wife - Nicole;  daughters - Skye and Shay