Jay John
Biographical details | |
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Born | Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | May 29, 1958
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1980–1983 | Salpointe Catholic HS (asst.) |
1983–1985 | Jamestown CC (asst.) |
1985–1986 | Oregon (asst.) |
1986–1988 | Jamestown CC |
1988–1989 | San Francisco (asst.) |
1989–1997 | Butler (asst.) |
1997–1998 | Oregon (asst.) |
1998–2002 | Arizona (asst.) |
2002–2008 | Oregon State |
2008–2012 | California (asst.) |
Jay John (born May 29, 1958) is a college basketball coach, most recently an assistant men's basketball coach for the California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the former men's basketball head coach of the Oregon State Beavers at Oregon State University.
Early life
Born in
Coaching career
John's first coaching position was as a basketball coach at his alma mater,
John's next job was at Jamestown Community College in New York, as an assistant from 1983–85. He left Jamestown in 1985 to become an assistant coach with the University of Oregon, serving under head coach Don Monson. After one season with the Ducks, John returned to Jamestown to become the head coach for the 1986–87 and 1987–88 seasons. He led JCC to a two-year mark of 41–19 and to the Region 3 West Zone title game his first year. John was named the conference's Coach of the Year.
After two seasons as the head coach at Jamestown, John left to become an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco. He remained in San Francisco for one season.
John moved on again to become an assistant to
In 1997, John again became an assistant coach at the University of Oregon. He remained with the Ducks for one season.
The following season, John was hired as an assistant at the
In April 2002, John was introduced as the 19th head basketball coach in Oregon State's storied history.
In his first season at Oregon State, John's team earned its most conference victories in eight seasons, going 6–12 in the Pac-10 (6th-T), Oregon State's highest conference standing in 10 years. His team won at USC and UCLA in the same season for the first time in 15 years and captured the most road victories in one season in a decade.
The 2004–05 season, year 3 for John, was the season that things really got turned around. The team posted their first winning record in 15 seasons, going 8–10 in the Pac-10 and 17–15 overall. This was Oregon State's most conference wins and highest place in the conference(5th) since the 1992–93 season. John's squad won a Pac-10 Tournament game for the first time since 1989, beating UCLA in the first round. The Beavers earned a post-season berth for the first time since 1990, receiving a bid to the National Invitation Tournament.
However, the Beavers regressed over the next two seasons, winning a total of eight games in Pac-10 play. After starting 6-12 in 2007-08 (including 0-6 in Pac-10 play), John was relieved of his duties on January 20, 2008. [1]
On April 23, 2008, John was announced as a member of Mike Montgomery's staff on the California Golden Bears men's basketball team.[2]
Personal life
John lives with his wife Lisa and their two sons Tyler and Trevor.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Pacific-10 Conference ) (2002–present)
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2002–03 | Oregon State | 13–15 | 6–12 | T-6th | |||||
2003–04 | Oregon State | 12–16 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
2004–05 | Oregon State | 17–15 | 8–10 | 5th | NIT First Round | ||||
2005–06 | Oregon State | 13–18 | 5–13 | 8th | |||||
2006–07 | Oregon State | 11–21 | 3–15 | 9th | |||||
2007–08 | Oregon State | 6–12 | 0–6 | 10th | |||||
Oregon State: | 72–97 | 28–68 | |||||||
Total: | 72–97 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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