1991–92. In 1994, Jones joined the Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach for one season. The Pistons' head coach at that time, Don Chaney, had previously played for Jones with the Celtics. Jones was also considered to once again coach the Celtics during the off-season in 1995. In 1996, Jones returned to the Boston Celtics, this time as an assistant coach for one season. Jones returned to the professional coaching ranks in 1997, guiding the New England Blizzard of the fledgling women's American Basketball League (1996–1998) through its last seasons of existence. The Blizzard made the playoffs in his second year as head coach, but they were summarily dispatched by the San Jose Lasers. Personal life Jones married Beverly Cain – the sister of his Olympic teammate Carl Cain – in 1959; they had five children together before they divorced. He had a sixth child when he remarried to Ellen. His son, Kipper, played as a guard at Bentley College. His daughter, Bryna, received a basketball and volleyball scholarship to attend the University of Hawaii. Death Jones died on December 25, 2020, at an assisted living center in Connecticut, aged 88. He had Alzheimer's disease. NBA career statistics Source: Regular season Playoffs Head coaching record Source: |- | style="text-align:left;"|San Diego | style="text-align:left;"|1972–73 |84||30||54||.357|| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Western||4||0||4||.000 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Division Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Capital | style="text-align:left;"| |82||47||35||.573|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central||7||3||4||.429 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | style="text-align:left;"| |82||60||22||.732|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central||17||8||9||.471 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in NBA Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | style="text-align:left;"| |82||48||34||.585|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central||7||3||4||.429 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Semifinals |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | style="text-align:left;"| |82||62||20||.756|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Atlantic||23||15||8||.652 | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | style="text-align:left;"| |82||63||19||.768|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Atlantic||21||13||8||.619 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in NBA Finals |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | style="text-align:left;"| |82||67||15||.817|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Atlantic||18||15||3||.833 | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | style="text-align:left;"| |82||59||23||.720|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Atlantic||23||13||10||.565 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in NBA Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | style="text-align:left;"| |82||57||25||.695|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Atlantic||17||9||8||.529 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||41||41||.500|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Pacific||5||2||3||.400 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |36||18||18||.500|| style="text-align:center;"|(fired)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|NBA career | ||774||522||252||.674|| ||138||81||57||.587 | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|ABA career | ||80||30||54||.357|| ||4||0||4||.000 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|Total career | ||858||552||306||.643|| ||142||81||61||.570 Awards and honors Two-time NCAA Champion 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winner 12-time NBA Champion (eight as