Jonathan David Jaques[1] (born January 2, 1988) is an American[2] men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Cornell University. He played college basketball for Cornell, and played professionally for Ironi Ashkelon in Israel.
Early life
Jaques's was born and raised in Brentwood in Los Angeles, California.[3][4] His father is Doug Jaques, and his sister Clara was starting goalkeeper for the Washington University soccer team in St. Louis, where she was the all-time shutouts leader with 12 in one game.[5][6] For high school, he attended and played basketball at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.[7][8]
College basketball career
He attended Cornell University (Biology; '10), and played basketball for four seasons for Cornell's Big Red men's basketball team, three of them with Ivy League Championship teams.[9][5] In 2009-10 he was team tri-captain and played in 31 games (7th-most in the Ivy League), and had 42 three-point field goals (10th in the league) as he led the league in three-point percentage at 47.2%, and also won the Men's Basketball Rebounder Award.[3][10][9][8]
Professional basketball career
After graduating from Cornell, Jaques signed with Ironi Ashkelon in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.[11]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
