Mark Jones is in his fifth season (2023-24) as the head coach for the Quincy University women's volleyball program.
Jones led the Hawks to a new Division II era program record in wins in the 2022 season, posting a 28-3 (.903) overall record with an 11-1 (.917) conference mark. Quincy reached as high as #19 in the AVCA National Rankings, spending six total weeks in the national spotlight after starting off the season on a 14 match win-streak. Under Jones, the Hawks made another GLVC Tournament appearance along with earning the #1 overall seed in the Midwest Region. The Hawks also captured their first NCAA Tournament win in the programs history while acting as host for the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament.
For a second straight season, he coached the GLVC Freshman of the Year, this time going to Alice Pavan. Pavan collected 245 kills for a 2.29 kills per set average on an elite .388 hitting percentage throughout the season. In addition, Pavan registered 121 blocks, good for the team lead by nearly 40 along with 24 service aces. Jones led five Hawks to All-GLVC distinctions, three to D2CCA All-Region honors, two named AVCA All-Region selections and two AVCA All-Americans in Mattison Norris and Makayla Knoblauch.
In his 3rd season, he led the Hawks to a GLVC Tournament semi-final berth. They went 18-13 overall and 11-7 league play. He mentored the GLVC Freshman of the Year, Emma Wijnbergen. Wijnbergen recorded 166 kills, 2.68 kills per set, and a .234 hitting percentage during the course of GLVC play, adding 180.0 points and 2.90 points per set. On defense, the newcomer tallied 36 digs and 26 blocks. Jones also coached two other All-conference performers in Makayla Knoblauch and Emily Rehagen.
During the 2021 spring season, Jones led the Hawks to a 15-7 record and the GLVC Tournament. Jones coached one of the nation's top attacking duo in Mattie Norris and Emily Rehagen who were both top ten in NCAA Division II in total kills. Jones also coached DII's assist leader in the spring as Makayla Knoblauch led all Division II in assists with 789. All three athletes earned All-GLVC recognition as well.
In his first season at the helm for QU, Jones went 15-17 with a conference record of 7-8. Under Jones' direction, Makayla Knoblauch earned Second Team All-GLVC honors with 1,147 assists. That number was good enough for 4th in the QU record book for most in a single season.
Jones came to QU after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Indiana State women's volleyball program. During his time at Indiana State, the Sycamores accumulated 21 wins in two seasons and made an appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in 2017, which included their first tournament win in school history.
Prior to Indiana State, Jones served eight seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Division 1 Manhattan College.
Jones led Manhattan College to five trips to the MAAC Tournament and four 20-win campaigns and is one of only two coaches in Jaspers program history to accumulate over 100 victories. During his time at Manhattan, he coached 11 All-Conference players, including the Freshman of the Year in 2012 and the Conference Player of the Year in 2014. He was also named Conference Coach of the Year in 2010, his second season.
Familiar with the Midwest area, Jones served as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. During his time at William Woods, Jones led the Owls men's volleyball team to a NAIA National Championship in 2002.
Jones began his collegiate coaching career in 1994 at Washington State where he served four years as the head men's club volleyball coach and as an assistant on the women's volleyball staff. On the men's side, Jones compiled an impressive 99-22 (.818) overall record, 46-4 (.920) league mark in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (PIVA), and four PIVA conference championships.
Jones received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington State and played all four years on the men's volleyball team. He went on to receive a Master's Degree in Education from William Woods University, and then earned a second Master's Degree of Arts in Education with a concentration in Sports Administration from Tennessee State University.