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Jones, James

Yale Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #63 of 350 Coach Score: 64.68
Career & Tournament Summary
Career record
442–326
NCAA record
2–5
NCAA win%
0.286
Appearances
5
Average round
1.4 (Round of 64)
Current NCAA streak
0 years
Deep March resume
🏆 0    FF 0
Avg ATS margin
+0.76
Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →
Donahue, Steve
Saint Joseph's 		23–14 37 games
Amaker, Tommy
Harvard 		16–21 37 games
Henderson, Mitch
Princeton 		22–11 33 games
Martin, Mike
Brown 		23–4 27 games
McLaughlin, Dave
Dartmouth 		17–1 18 games
Earl, Brian
William & Mary 		13–3 16 games
Betting Trends
All coaches →
55.5% cover rate  ·  138 games  ·  last 5 seasons
5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.
Cover %
55.5%
138 games
As Favorite
57.4%
108 games
As Underdog
46.7%
30 games
Recent Season
48.3%
2025-26
Current Season
48.3%
29 games · 2025-26
Covers the spread more often than not.
Season-by-season
Season School W L Win% WAB WAP TASE Seed ATS Furthest RoundNCAA Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27 Yale 0 0 0.000 0.00 — — — — — Detroit, MI
►2025-26 Yale 24 7 0.774 0.77 +1.7 +1.9 — — -1.05 No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2024-25 Yale 22 8 0.733 0.73 +0.1 +2.6 -0.24 #13 +1.45
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		San Antonio, TX
►2023-24 Yale 23 10 0.697 0.70 +0.7 +2.3 +0.76 #13 -0.54
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R32 		Phoenix, AZ
►2022-23 Yale 21 9 0.700 0.70 -0.3 +1.7 — — +4.70 No NCAA Houston, TX
►2021-22 Yale 19 12 0.613 0.61 -2.4 +1.9 -0.15 #14 +1.11
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		New Orleans, LA
►2020-21 Yale 0 0 0.000 0.00 — — — — — Indianapolis, IN
►2019-20 Yale 23 7 0.767 0.77 +1.9 — — — — COVID Atlanta, GA
►2018-19 Yale 22 8 0.733 0.73 +1.9 — -0.15 #14 —
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		Minneapolis, MN
►2017-18 Yale 16 15 0.516 0.52 -5.9 — — — — No NCAA San Antonio, TX
►2016-17 Yale 18 11 0.621 0.62 -2.3 — — — — No NCAA Phoenix, AZ
►2015-16 Yale 23 7 0.767 0.77 +2.4 — +0.52 #12 —
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R32 		Houston, TX
►2014-15 Yale 22 10 0.688 0.69 +0.3 — — — — No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2013-14 Yale 19 14 0.576 0.58 -3.7 — — — — No NCAA Arlington, TX
►2012-13 Yale 14 17 0.452 0.45 -6.5 — — — — No NCAA Atlanta, GA
►2011-12 Yale 19 10 0.655 0.66 -0.8 — — — — No NCAA New Orleans, LA
►2010-11 Yale 15 13 0.536 0.54 -4.9 — — — — No NCAA Houston, TX
►2009-10 Yale 12 19 0.387 0.39 -11.1 — — — — No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2008-09 Yale 13 15 0.464 0.46 -8.0 — — — — No NCAA Detroit, MI
►2007-08 Yale 13 15 0.464 0.46 — — — — — No NCAA San Antonio, TX
►2006-07 Yale 14 13 0.519 0.52 -5.7 — — — — No NCAA Atlanta, GA
►2005-06 Yale 15 14 0.517 0.52 -6.4 — — — — No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
►2004-05 Yale 11 16 0.407 0.41 -7.7 — — — — No NCAA St. Louis, MO
►2003-04 Yale 12 15 0.444 0.44 -6.5 — — — — No NCAA San Antonio, TX
►2002-03 Yale 14 13 0.519 0.52 — — — — — No NCAA New Orleans, LA
►2001-02 Yale 21 11 0.656 0.66 -2.1 — — — — No NCAA Atlanta, GA
►2000-01 Yale 10 17 0.370 0.37 -10.0 — — — — No NCAA Minneapolis, MN
►1999-00 Yale 7 20 0.259 0.26 — — — — — No NCAA Indianapolis, IN
Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.