LaShawn Jones was named the women's basketball assistant coach prior to the 2017-18 season and is in her second season with the Sailfish. Jones comes to PBA after serving as a graduate assistant at Missouri Western State the past two years.
Jones helped guide the Griffons to a 21-8 record in 2016-17 including a 13-6 mark in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, good enough for fourth place in the league. In her first year at Missouri Western, Jones and the Griffons won a school-record 27 games in securing their first MIAA title since 2002. The Griffons set a new conference record with 20 conference wins in the regular season and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004.
Prior to joining the staff at Missouri Western, Jones was a four-year member of the Oklahoma State women’s basketball team. She appeared in 113 games, including starting 64, during her career culminating with a career-best senior season in which she averaged 10.5 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game. She was named as an honorable mention to the Big 12 Conference team after her senior year. At OSU, Jones was a starter for the 2013-14 team that made a run to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16, one of three times the Cowgirls appeared in the NCAA Tournament. She was also a member of the team in 2012 that won the WNIT Championship.
