N.C. A&T LADY AGGIE SOFTBALL

Head Coach

Mamie Jones

11th Season

N.C. A&T, '80

Mamie Jones enters her 11th season as head coach of the Lady Aggie softball team. Since the school moved to fastpitch in 1996, Jones has established herself as one of the most outstanding coaches in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. 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 fast pitch. 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 each of the past four seasons.

Coach Jones has long been associated 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 ever play at A&T. She was also the Lady Aggies first career 1,000-point scorer. 

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 worked in the Greensboro Police Department for 11 years. As a player, Jones was the recipient of the "Aggiette Award" in 1978. She also was named team MVP in 1978 and 1979, and was named N.C. A&T's Player of the Year in 1979. In 1998 she was inducted into the N.C. A&T Athletic Hall of Fame. Following the 1978-79 season, Jones became the first Lady Aggie to be named First Team All-MEAC. 

Jones was recognized for having one of the nation's most outstanding academic teams in 2002-03,  as four players were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athletes for carrying a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The NFCA also cited her team's overall 2.807 grade point average as one of the best in NCAA Division I.

Jones was recently recognized by her alma mater, New Bern High School, as she was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.

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.