Centre College Athletics

David Jones began his second tenure at the head of the Centre men's golf program in 2019.
 
In the spring of 2016, he held the title of Interim Head Coach after the departure of Bruce Brown. During that semester the men’s golf team climbed to a Top 25 ranking and finished fourth at the SAA Championships. The men’s team brought home hardware that season with a win at the Rhodes Spring Classic.
 
Jones has coached two All-Americans, Carson Riley and Dakota Jarman. 
 
In the fall of 2016 he rejoined the Centre golf coaching staff. Jones led the women’s golf team that year and was able to lead the team to an tournament win in the Jim English Invite that fall.  In the spring of 2017 he was able to coach Jill Edgington to an individual SAA Conference Championship at Maumelle Country Club in Conway, Ark.
 
A 2005 graduate of Southwestern High School where he became a four-year letter winner in Golf and was selected as all-region his junior and senior year, Jones was named to Commonwealth Journal All-County Team three straight years and was named the Society Charter Athlete of the Year for golf in 2004 and 2005. He also took and passed the Player Ability Test from the PGA in the summer of 2006 in St. Louis, Mo. at Eagle Springs Golf Club.
 
Jones earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management with a minor in Athletic Coaching from Western Kentucky University in 2011.