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Kirk Jones   Assistant Coach 5th Year Saskatoon, SK

Kirk Jones is in his fifth season as an assistant with the Huskies. His connections with the Dogs go all the way back to 1983 when he started his playing career with the Huskies at the same time as head coach Greg Jockims joined the team. He joined the Huskies coaching staff when Jockims was named head coach in the spring of 1998. His responsibilites with the Huskies, in addition to recruiting, lie largely with the developement of the forwards. Before joining the Dogs, he was head coach of the Bedford Road Collegiate Redman in Saskatoon. While he was at Bedford (1990-97), the Redman won the West Division regular season title three times. In 1993, Jones coached the Saskatchewan Juvenile (U-17) Provincial team. The past three years he has also coached the Junior Dogs U-17 club team, which has been instrumental in developing the talents of local high school players, some of which have gone on to careers with the Huskies. Jones, played his high school basketball for Dave Hardy at Holy Cross in Saskatoon. The Crusaders won the 1982 City Championship, and finished second in the Provincial Championships that year as well. He earned a reputation as a thunderous dunker, and scored a career-high 38 points in a game against Jockims and Mount Royal. After an outstanding career and graduation in 1983, he joined the Huskies under coach Guy Vetrie. Jones played five years with the Huskies. In 1986 and 1988, the Huskies went to the National Finals in Halifax. In 1986, he won the All-Canadian Slam Dunk Contest. Jones ranked second on the Huskies all-time field goal percentage list (.530) at the end of his career in 1988, and is currently ranked eighth. He earned a Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) degree in 1989 and a Bachelor of Education degree in 1990 from the University of Saskatchewan. Jones, who was born in Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan, is 37 years old and a teacher at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon. A history buff who enjoys reading, he also likes to do weight training. His claim to fame is his prediction in 1987 of the forthcoming fall of the Soviet Union. Jones is also known to use his world class sense of humour to lighten the mood at appropriate times. He is married to former Huskies track star Joanna Holliday. They are the proud parents of Seth who was born January 2, 2002.