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Lucas Jones is in his second season as the head baseball coach at Washington and Lee. In his first season, Jones coached the Generals to a 26-14 overall record and a 13-7 mark in the ODAC, advancing to the third day of the ODAC Tournament. The 26 wins were the third-most in program history, and the team had the most home wins in a single season in team history with a 16-4 record at Cap'n Dick Smith Field. Under the helm of Jones in 2016, the pitching staff had a team ERA of 3.08, which was the 12th-best in Division III.

While coaching four players to all-conference accolades, Jones was named the ODAC Coach of the Year. Tom Concklin ’17 received First Team All-Region laurels from the ABCA, and Ryan Weston ’17 and Danny Devereux ’19 earned third team recognition on the all-region squad.

Jones came to W&L from Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Va., where he served as the head coach for two seasons. His teams posted a 77-32 combined record during that time, including a second-place finish in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 10 finals in 2015. His 2014 team took fourth at the regional and he was named the NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year that year.

Prior to his tenure at PHCC, Jones served as an assistant baseball coach at George Mason University from 2010-13. In this role, he worked with the Patriots' hitters and also helped to coordinate the team's defense. The 2012 team won 33 games (33-24), advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament and saw two players selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Jones also served as an assistant coach at Randolph-Macon from 2007-10, helping lead the Yellow Jackets to the 2008 ODAC title and recruiting the players that would go on to win another league championship in 2011.

He spent the 2006-07 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, earning a master of science in Parks, Recreation and Sports Leadership. In his lone season with the Rams, they won the CAA title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Jones has also been a mentor in the Shenandoah Valley Summer League.  He was the head coach of the New Market Rebels in 2009 and was an assistant coach with the Winchester Royals in 2007.

Jones is a 2005 magna cum laude graduate of Lynchburg College with a bachelor of arts in communications studies with a minor is sports management. He was a three-year starter at first base for the Hornets, finishing second all-time at LC with a .426 career batting average. He batted .481 in 2005 en route to earning First Team All-ODAC honors and the ODAC Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards. He also received ABCA First Team All-America honors and was a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America selection en route to being named the VaSID College Division Player of the Year and the Lynchburg College Male Athlete of the Year.

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