From the Manchester Emprise:

“Following in the footsteps of his father, Michael Jones has been named the new Clay County Tiger basketball coach.

The decision comes after a lengthy coaching search following the resignation of Glenn Gray.

Jones has a career 174-65 record with five 52^nd district titles and the school’s first 13^th region title in 2017.

 

He is the son of former Clay County coach and star player Mike Jones.

More details about the coaching hire will appear in this week’s issue of The Enterprise.”

The article isn’t super clear but Jones was previously the head coach at Harlan County High School. 

Coach Jones had some nice teams at Harlan Co.  I would expect he will have Clay Co. in the mix.  They have some nice pieces. 

Jones is 1 of the 4 best coaches in the region Along with Pietrowski(corbin), Davis(south), and Brad(Bell). Jones will have to impose his will because he inherits a bit of talent at Clay but rumors have said he also inherits a bit of "mefirst" ball. He did a great job at Harlan co controlling it so expectations are he will figure it out at Clay. They are top 4 in region