Howard University Athletics

In June 2025, Montel Jones joined the Howard University women's basketball team as an assistant coach.

Before Howard, Jones spent two seasons (2023-25) at Tuskegee in a similar role. Last season, the squad went 20-10 (14-5 SIAC) and reached the confence title game. In his first season, he played an integral role in the success of the Tuskegee women’s basketball team during the 2023-24 season. The team finished 15-10 overall, going 11-8 in conference play.
 
Jones joined the Tuskegee staff after previously serving as the head coach of the Saint Augustine (SAU) women's basketball program (2018-20).

During his time leading SAU, the Lady Falcons showed improvement both on the court and in the classroom, highlighted by winning the CIAA Highest Grade Point Average Award for the 2018-19 season. The same year the team also defeated rival Shaw University on the road for the first time since 2008. Jones and his team saw a seven-game win improvement in his second season, along with sweeping Shaw for the first time since the 2008-09 season. The Lady Falcons forced 21.8 turnovers per game, which ranked 16th nationally in Division II on the year.

A Kinston, N.C., native, Jones was previously on the men’s basketball staffs at Wingate University and the University of Mount Olive before coaching at VSU (Virginia State University) and SAU. During his time at both schools, Mount Olive captured the Conference Carolinas regular-season title and Wingate won back-to-back South Atlantic Conference tournament crowns. Wingate also played in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional.

Before entering the coaching profession, Jones was a basketball student-athlete at Mount Olive where he graduated (2008) with a criminal justice degree. During his college career, Mount Olive set a school record for men’s basketball victories (101) over a four-year span. As a freshman, Jones was a member of the 2005 Trojans’ squad, which won the NCAA Division II East Regional and made its first-ever appearance in the Elite Eight. 

In his prep days, Jones was a standout basketball player at famed Kinston High School in Kinston, N.C. Kinston High School has churned out numerous collegiate and professional basketball players over the years.