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Princeton University Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach (Horizontal Jumps, Pole Vault, Sprints, Hurdles)
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Reuben Jones began at Princeton as an assistant women’s track & field coach in August 2016. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in January 2026.
Since joining the tigers, Coach Jones has been recognized nationally as a leader in multi-event training theory. He is best known for simplifying complex concepts on movement and identifying skills and features that speed and power events have in common.
In his time at Princeton, Jones has coached:
- 19 Ivy League Champions
- 36 All-Ivy honorees
- Seven NCAA finalists and one U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
- Eight indoor Princeton records
- Seven outdoor Princeton records
- Three Ivy League records
- Five Heptagonal Most Outstanding Field Performers of the Meet
- Four Heptagonal Championship records
The 2024-2025 campaign was a memorable season, as the Tigers won the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor and Outdoor championships as part of the program’s third all-time Triple Crown and first since 2011. At the 2025 Heptagonal Indoor Championships, the women’s sprints, hurdles and jumps totaled four All-Ivy Honors and Georgina Scoot was selected Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet.
Jones led his group to a similar success at the 2025 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships, setting two Heps Records and earning five additional All-Ivy honors. With Jones’ assistance, Scoot earned second-team All-American status for the first time in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she also qualified for the triple jump for the second time in her career.
Building the program over his time with the Orange & Black, Jones has lifted the program to new heights, ultimately leading to the Triple Crown in 2024-25.
In 2023-24, the Tigers claimed three NCAA outdoor finalists in the triple jump, long jump and pole vault. For the first time, the Tigers had two women jump over 21' in the long jump. Tessa Mudd set new Ivy League records in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault.
In 2022, Princeton claimed its first Ivy League Champion in the indoor triple jump. Since then, the Tigers have won four consecutive indoor triple jump championships under Jones's guidance.
Jones came to Princeton after being at Columbia University from 2012-2015. While there, the women earned 26 combined All-Ivy honors including program records in the women’s 60m, 60m hurdles, 100m, 100m hurdles, 400m and 800m relays and triple jump. Nadia Eke secured a respective third- and fourth-place finishes in the triple jump at the 2015 Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships. In 2013, Marvellous Iheukwumere became the first woman since 2006 to win the indoor and outdoor Ivy Heps sprint quadruple (60m, indoor 200m, 100m, outdoor 200m champion).
Jones began his Ivy League coaching career at Brown University (2010-2012). In 2011, Evan Weinstock ‘14 and Rachel Biblo ‘11 won respective outdoor Ivy Heps titles in the decathlon and triple jump. In two years, Jones saw the jump/multi-event group earn five All-Ivy honors and record 16 marks that rank within the school’s all-time top 10.
Prior to the Ivy League, Jones spent the 2009-2010 season as an assistant track & field coach at Coastal Carolina University. He saw two Chanticleers set Big South conference records in the women’s 100m (Ikeiylah Brown, 11.48) and indoor high jump (Kierra Gabe, 1.73m). Their team won indoor individual Big South titles in the women’s 60m, 200m, 4x400m relay, long jump, and high jump, and outdoor individual Big South titles in the 110m hurdles, men’s triple jump, men’s and women’s high jump, and women’s pole vault.
His time at Coastal Carolina came on the heels of being a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Virginia, from 2008-2009. That year, the Cavalier men tied for first at the 2009 Outdoor ACC Championships – the first men’s team title in Virginia track history. Jones assisted with recruiting, daily workout scheduling, and managing meets.
Jones graduated from the University of Virginia in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He was a three-time Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America (IC4A) champion combined across the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. He still holds the second fastest 60m (6.78) and 100m (10.45) times in school history.
