San Jose State hires former Oklahoma top assistant Chatterton as women’s head basketball coach
After helping four different women s basketball programs reach the NCAA Tournament as an associate head coach and assistant coach Jonas Chatterton will try to guide San Jose State to the Big Dance for the first time in the activity s history SJSU publicized Friday that Chatterton has been hired as the th head coach in school history Chatterton has seasons of coaching experience including stints at BYU Colorado Oregon State and Oklahoma In all Chatterton s teams have produced a cumulative record of - a winning percentage His teams reached the NCAAs times and won four conference championships This is his first head coaching job I am very excited and honored to be the new leader for the women s basketball activity at San Jose State University Chatterton reported a comment issued by SJSU I want to thank Athletics Director Jeff Konya President Cynthia Teniente-Matson and Renaissance Search Firm for believing in me I have had the tremendous opportunity to work at a few great programs and with certain of the best coaches in the country which has led me to this great opportunity We will build a way of life that all Spartans will be proud of Chatterton succeeds April Phillips who was not retained after going - in three seasons The Spartans were - last season their highest win total in five years but went - in Mountain West play and tied for last place SJSU has finished with a winning record just once in the past seasons a - finish in - under Jamie Craighead Turner Chatterton was the Sooners associate head coach last season playing a key role in plan strategy recruiting and athlete performance The Sooners advanced to the Sweet this past season falling to eventual national champion UConn I ve had the privilege of working alongside Jonas at Colorado and Oklahoma and I couldn t be more excited for him as he begins this next chapter as the head coach at San Jose State Oklahoma head coach Jennie Baranczyk announced in the release Jonas is an incredible basketball mind a relentless worker and a coach who truly connects with and invests in his players His impact on our effort here at Oklahoma in just one year as associate head coach was remarkable San Jose State is getting a tremendous leader and an even better person SJSU Director of Athletics Jeff Konya announced in the release Jonas basketball acumen really stood out during this national search His passion for mentoring student-athletes his commitment to excellence in academics competition and area make him the ideal leader to guide our venture into a new era Related Articles CFB recruiting Washington flips -star Greene from Oregon lands QB Alijah Arenas son of former Warrior Gilbert in serious condition after Cybertruck crash NCAA transfer portal winners BYU Utah and losers Arizona USC SJSU s Blaire Fleming sheds light on her tumultuous senior season as a trans athlete Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban Before arriving at Oklahoma Chatterton spent a decade at Oregon State as the associate head coach helping guide the Beavers to the Final Four multiple Elite Eights and three Pac- regular season titles He also was associate head coach at Colorado after three seasons as an assistant Seeing a coach who has worked their way to the head coaching chair is good for women s basketball noted Mike Neighbors an assistant coach with the WNBA s Los Angeles Sparks and former head coach at the University of Washington Jonas has fulfilled every role an assistant could ever be questioned to do He s swept floors and he s coordinated defenses He s done laundry and he s drawn game-winning sets No one knows more than he that being a good assistant doesn t guarantee success as a head coach Knowing that will help him deal with those times when experience can t have you prepared He has built and maintained an amazing framework that will be there for him even though he won t need it often San Jose State got a good one in current times Chatterton has four children daughters Josie Celia and Jada and a son Hudson
