Aggie Softball
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Mamie Jones enters her 14th season as head coach of the Lady Aggies softball team. Jones has established herself as one of the most outstanding coaches in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference since the 1992 season when the program moved to fastpitch.
In 2003, Jones led a team with only one senior and three juniors to a 31-27 record, the school's first winning season in fastpitch. The 31 victories shattered the previous record of 23 set in 2000. Jones has coached seven all-MEAC players during her career and has had at least one player placed on the All-MEAC first team in four out of the last six seasons.
Jones has been recognized for having one of the nation's most outstanding academic teams since 2002. Several players have been recognized for being National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athletes for carrying a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The NFCA also noted that the team’s overall GPA is one of the best in NCAA Division I.
Recently, Jones was distinguished as a NFCA Four-Star Master Coach for completing all eight courses of the association's National Fastpitch Coaches College. The awards show the commitment of the coaches to professionalism and the sport of softball.
Coach Jones has a long association with N.C. A&T. She played second base on the 1979 softball team that won the NCAIAW North Carolina Division I Championship. She was also a member of the Lady Aggies basketball team from 1976-80, establishing herself as one of the greatest players to put on a N.C. A&T uniform.
Jones was the recipient of the "Aggiette Award" in 1978. She also was named team MVP in 1978 and ’79. Also in 1979, she earned the school’s Player of the Year award. Following the 1978-79 season, Jones became the first women’s basketball player at N.C. A&T to be named first- team All-MEAC.
She ended her basketball career as the program’s first career 1,000-point scorer. In 1998 she was inducted into the N.C. A&T Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of New Bern, NC, Jones received a BS in Health and Physical Education in 1980 and earned her master's degree in Education - Health and Physical Education in 1983. She also spent 11 years with the Greensboro Police Department.
Jones received a prestigious honor in September of 2004 when she traveled back to her alma mater New Bern High School to be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Coach Jones is well known for her casual, quiet demeanor. However, she is an intense competitor on the field, and influences her players to be successful in all walks of life.