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Read entire article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/06/dematha-an-outsider-aims-fill-impossibly-large-basketball-shoes/
Hours after he was officially announced as the basketball coach at DeMatha Catholic High, Mike G. Jones walked into the Copper Canyon Grill just off the Beltway in Prince George’s County. He was there to meet the one man who could relate: Mike K. Jones.
The pair was there that April day to discuss one of the most sought-after jobs in high school basketball. Mike K. Jones held it for 19 seasons, taking over from Hall of Famer Morgan Wootten after serving as his star guard and later his assistant.
A year after Jones left to become the top assistant coach at Virginia Tech, the school hired Mike G. Jones, from St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes School in Northern Virginia.
And so, the men met to discuss work.
“It was a long dinner,” Mike G. Jones, 47, said. “I just wanted to know all about DeMatha and its culture. Everything outside of the game. Because I know I’m stepping into some big shoes here.”
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