Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966)

Clarence William Jones (born March 18, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player.^[1] His professional career spanned from 1989 to 2001, and included stops in the National Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, France, Italy, and Venezuela.

Bill Jones

Windsor Express
Position	Head coach
League	Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born	(1966-03-18) March 18, 1966 (age 59) Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Southwestern (Detroit, Michigan)
College	Iowa (1984–1988)
NBA draft	1988: undrafted
Playing career	1988–2001
Position	Small forward
Number	20
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As a player:
1988–1989	Quad City Thunder
1989	New Jersey Nets
1989–1990	Quad City Thunder
1990–1992	Montpellier Paillade
1992–1993	BCM Gravelines
1993–1994	Paris Racing
1994–1995	Quad City Thunder
1995–1998	Andrea Costa Imola
1998–1999	Serapide Pozzuoli
1999	Napoli
1999–2000	Basket Rimini Crabs
2000–2001	Gaiteros del Zulia
As a coach:
2004–2005	Detroit Wheels
2007–2009	Detroit Panthers
2011–present	Windsor Express
Career highlights
2× NBLC Champion (2014, 2015) 2× French League Best Scorer (1991, 1992) CBA All-Star (1995) All-CBA Second Team (1990) CBA All-Rookie First Team (1989)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

College career

Jones played college basketball at the University of Iowa, from 1984–85 to 1987–88.^[2] He scored 981 career points, and helped lead the Hawkeyes to four consecutive berths into the NCAA Tournament.^[2][3] He appeared in 125 games, and averaged 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.^[2]

Professional career

Although he was not selected in the NBA draft, Jones would play a total of 37 games in the 1988–89 NBA season, with the New Jersey Nets, where he averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

Other professional highlights included being named to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1988–89, the All-CBA Second Team in 1989–90, and the CBA All-Star Game, in 1995.^[4][5]

Jones retired from professional basketball after the 2000–01 season.^[6] As of March 2012 he owns a bank security company in his home state of Michigan.^[7]

Since the inception of the team, Jones has served as head coach of the Windsor Express in the NBL of Canada.^[8]