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| Craig Jones |
| Head Coach '92 International Boys |
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| jonescr@hanover.edu |
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| 812-866-6811 (office) |
| 502-298-9733 (cell) |
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Craig Jones has guided the United '92 Boys International Team for four years. In that time he won the 2006 Kentucky State Open Championship and was a finalist in 2005, 2007 & 2008. The team has won numerous tournaments during that period, some of which are detailed on our Accomplishments page.
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Jones has also been the head coach of the Hanover College men's soccer program for the past six seasons. He has the most wins in school history (35) and has guided the Panthers to two of the school's top winning seasons.
He was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year in 2006 after leading the Panthers to an 8-8-3 record. That effort included a school-record nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2) in the middle of the season.
In 2002, Jones led the Panthers to a second-place finish in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The 9-9-1 finish matched the school record for victories in a season, produced five all-conference selections and continued to develop a tradition of intelligent and quality attacking soccer at Hanover.
Sixteen athletes have earned all-conference honors under Jones, including four players from the 2007 squad. Current standouts Ben Spain and Michael Hansford are each two-time honorees.
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Jones adds a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the program. He played his intercollegiate soccer at Western Washington University in the early 1990s, where he led the Vikings in scoring as a junior and senior. He was an all-West Coast Conference selection during his senior season.
After a knee injury curbed hopes of a professional playing career, Jones turned his attention to coaching. He trained all levels of competitive soccer players in the greater-Seattle area while working with various club and high school teams and participating in the Washington State Olympic Development Program.
Jones relocated from Washington to Louisville, Ky., where he coached at the high school level for two seasons before signing on as an assistant at Bellarmine University (Ky.). Jones worked as the top assistant for both the men and women's soccer programs at Bellarmine before being named as the head men's coach at Hanover.
He is also involved in coaching and directing youth soccer in the area and teaches in the physical education department at Hanover. He received his masters degree in sport administration from the University of Louisville (Ky.) in 2002.
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