After spending the 2013 season as an assistant track coach, Morris Jones, Jr. will assume the men’s head coaching responsibilities, while he will continue to work with the program’s sprinters. Jones has over 20 years of coaching experience at the community college level and has coached over 20 All-Americans, All-Southern California and All-South Coast Conference athletes. In 2007 and 2012, he was named the conference Coach of the Year as a member of the Los Angeles Southwest College and ECC Compton Center, respectively.

Jones was a three-year letterman in football at Long Beach Poly High as a defensive back and then went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree in African Studies and Public Administration, as well as a Master of Public Administration from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Jones has two daughters – Chanel and Destynee – and lives in Long Beach.