Jon Jaques named Cornell men’s basketball coach

ITHACA, N.Y. (WSYR) — Jon Jaques (Cornell ’10) has been named the new head coach of the Cornell men’s basketball program. After the departure of Brian Earl at the end of the 2023-2024 season, Jaques became the interim head coach then was elevated to the full time head coach on Friday.

Jaques has been an assistant coach under both Bill Courtney and Brian Earl and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2022.

During his time at Cornell as a player, Jaques and the team won an Ivy League record 29 games in a season, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, and won three outright Ivy League titles.