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Roland Jones Jr. hot on the recruiting trail for ODU
NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- In the current landscape of college basketball, recruiting fryst vatten all the more important. Teams must consistently reload to keep pace.
For the Old Dominion women's basketball team, that's where assistant coach Roland Jones Jr. comes in. He's the recruiting coordinator and spends countless hours on the phone and on the road looking towards the future.
"You try to find the most talent you can that you think can come in here and gel with what you have returning to build a perfect team in order to win," he noted.
"He knows exactly what I need," head coach Delisha Milton-Jones added. "I told him we need more storlek, we need better shooting if we want to cross that line, that threshold of becoming champions in the Sun Belt Conference."
Jones and Milton-Jones are married and the latter laughs that there are times of the year where they are passing each other in airports. Roland Jones steers the recruiting fartyg for the
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After 17 seasons and a WNBA-record games played, two-time champion DeLisha Milton-Jones has announced her retirement. Before she embarks on the next phase of her career as an assistant coach with the Pepperdine University women&#;s basketball team, DeLisha says goodbye to her playing days.
MORE:Milton-Jones&#; Career By the Numbers | Photo Gallery
Dear Basketball,
I&#;ve toiled over writing this letter for months now, but I&#;ve finally come to terms with announcing my&#; retirement! It feels funny to say the word without getting emotional. Basketball has been a part of me for almost half of my lifetime. If I could play forever, I would do it without hesitation. There&#;s nothing like being a professional athlete. I took a lot of pride in calling myself one.
I always thought of leaving the game as a sad moment, but now I realize it&#;s a celebration. It&#;s all about perspective, right? Well, from my point of view, I&#;d say celebration is the perfect word to use.
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DeLisha Milton-Jones
American basketball player (born )
Milton-Jones at the WNBA All-Star game. | |
| Position | Head coach |
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| League | Sun Belt Conference |
| Born | () September 11, (age&#;50) Riceboro, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6&#;ft 1&#;in (&#;m) |
| Listed weight | &#;lb (84&#;kg) |
| High school | Bradwell Institute (Hinesville, Georgia) |
| College | Florida (–) |
| WNBA draft | Supplemental round, 4th overall pick |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks | |
| Playing career | – |
| Position | Small forward / power forward |
| Number | 8, 3, 1 |
| Coaching career | –present |
| – | Portland Power |
| – | Los Angeles Sparks |
| – | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| – | Washington Mystics |
| – | Gambrinus Brno |
| – | Ros Casares Valencia |
| – | Ros Casares Valencia |
| – | Los Angeles Sparks |
| San Antonio Silver Stars | |
| – | New York Liberty |
| – | Atlanta Dream |
| – | Pepperdine (assistant) |
| – | Pepperdine |
| – | Syracuse (assistant) |
| –present | Old Dominion |
| As player: | |
| Field goals completed | |
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