Jon Jaques is Back Home, Joins the Cornell Coaching Staff

Jon Jaques, Cornell Class of 2010, returns to Cornell as an assistant coach.  After graduating from Cornell, Jaques spent the 2010-2011 season playing professional basketball in Israel's top division with Ironi Ashkelon.  He has two years of coaching experience, spending the 2011-2012 season at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and the 2012-2013 season at the Division I level with Columbia.  Jaques is also an experienced basketball writer having blogged for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Slam Magazine.

While serving as an assistant coach/manager at Columbia, Jaques' main responsibilities included handling the team's film exchange program, helping with player development, and assisting the coaching staff in hosting on-campus visits.

As a senior at Cornell in 2010, Jaques led the Ivy League in 3-point shooting overall (.472).  He was also was an All-Tournament Selection in the Legends Classic in Philadelphia and started 22 contests and averaged 8.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.0 assists while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 78 percent from the free-throw line in Ivy play.  He served as a team tri-captain for the 2009-2010 campaign during which Cornell finished #17 in the Final USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Top 25 Poll and appeared in the 2010 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen.  Jaques was also a member of Cornell's 2008 and 2009 Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament teams.