Episode 121: Joe Jones, Creating Culture Through Goals
Guest: Joe Jones, Boston University Head Coach


In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Boston University head coach Joe Jones joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss creating culture
through goals. In 2020, Boston University defeated Colgate in the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament. The victory earned Jones what would have been his first NCAA Tournament appearance as a head coach, but the 2020 tournament was subsequently canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones was named a finalist for the 2019-20 Ben Jobe Award.
During his tenure, Jones has led BU to eight top-five finishes in the conference standings, highlighted by a Patriot League regular-season title in 2014. The Terriers have finished second on three occasions, including most recently in 2020 en route to the tournament crown. They also finished second in both the 2017 PL and 2013 America East schedules. In his nine seasons with the Terriers, Jones has already surpassed names like Rick Pitino, Mike Jarvis, and former NBA head coach John Kuester to No. 2 all-time at BU with 158 victories after helping guide the Terriers to back-to-back Patriot League semifinal appearances in 2017 and 2018. 
Jones previously served as an assistant coach at Villanova for six seasons (1997-2003) - four years under Steve Lappas and two years under Jay Wright - and was named one of the nation's top recruiters by Eastern Basketball magazine in 1999. During his tenure, the Wildcats advanced to postseason play in five of the six seasons and compiled a 105-83 record. He previously served as the head coach at Columbia University and has worked as an assistant coach at Hofstra University and Boston College too.


Breakdown
1:00 - Goal Setting for his Program
4:00 - Playing Heart
6:30 - Adopting a Goal Setting
8:30 - Challenges in Setting Team's Goals
11:00 - Connecting Goals to the Team
13:00 - Goals Tied to Non-Negotiables 
16:00 - Team Goals
19:30 - Goals and One-on-One Session
23:00 - Information to the players
25:30 - Encourage and Discourage Goals
28:00 - Game Goals
31:00 - Goals that are Less Under Control
33:00 - Build within his Philosophy
37:00 - Enforcement of Goal Process
39:00 - Involvement of the Staff
43:00 - Subjective Goals
45:30 - Cheat
47:00 - Goals within his Program
50:00 - Answer to the Question
54:00 - Texting Relationships
56:00 - Best Offensive Rebounding Drills
58:40 - Recruiting Process
1:01:00 - Goals that he needs to see
1:05:00 - Conclusion


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