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{{Short description|American basketball coach (1888–1942)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = L. Tucker Jones
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|8|16}}
| birth_place = [[Norfolk, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|1|1888|8|16}}
| death_place = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[College of William and Mary]]
| coach_years1 = 1928–1929
| coach_team1 = [[William & Mary Tribe men's basketball|William & Mary]]
| overall_record = 9–11
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Leigh Tucker Jones''' (August 16, 1888 – December 1, 1942) was the head coach for [[William & Mary College]]'s [[William & Mary Tribe men's basketball|men's basketball team]] for the 1928–29 season. In his sole season as coach he guided the Indians (now Tribe) to a 9–11 record.

==Early life==
Leigh Tucker Jones<ref name="obit2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-richmond-news-leader-physical-aide-a/166773070/ |title=Physical Aide at W.-M. Dies |date=1942-12-01 |newspaper=[[The Richmond News Leader]] |page=26 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2025-02-26}}{{Open access}}</ref> was born to William Henry Jones<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-l-tucker-jones/166769728/ |title=L. Tucker Jones Funeral Rites Set for Today |date=1942-12-02 |newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]] |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2025-02-26}}{{Open access}}</ref> in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].{{citation needed |date=February 2025}} He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]]. He attended [[New York University]], [[Columbia University]] and the [[Medical College of Virginia]]. He was a member of [[Kappa Alpha Order|Kappa Alpha]], [[Omicron Delta Kappa]] and [[Pi Mu]].<ref name="obit"/>

==Career==
In 1910, Jones instituted the first physical education department to Virginia.<ref name="obit3">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-jones-rites-held-in-city-4/166773430/ |title=Jones Rites Held in City |date=1942-12-04 |newspaper=Daily Press |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2025-02-26}}{{Open access}}</ref> He coached a range of sports, including fencing.<ref name="obit"/> He brought the sport of fencing to the William & Mary.<ref name="obit3"/> He was football and track coach at [[John Marshall High School (Richmond, Virginia)|John Marshall High School]].<ref name="obit2"/> He taught classes at the [[University of Virginia]], Columbia University and [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]].<ref name="obit"/>

==Personal life==
Jones married May Cecelia Leman of New York in 1909.<ref name="obit3"/> He had one daughter, Mrs. Gustave Marinus Heiss.<ref name="obit"/>

Jones died of pneumonia on December 1, 1942, at a hospital in Richmond.<ref name="obit"/> He was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery.<ref name="obit3"/>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[William & Mary Tribe men's basketball|William & Mary Indians]]
 | conference = [[Virginia Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1928
 | endyear    = 1929
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season|1928–29]]
 | name         = [[1928–29 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team|William & Mary]]
 | overall      = 9–11
 | conference   = 6–5
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = William & Mary
 | overall    = 9–11
 | confrecord = 6–5
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 9–11
 | legend  = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23267240.1943.10623059?journalCode=ujrd16#.UfGAsKxJR6E In Memoriam]

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[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:American men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Virginia]]
[[Category:College of William & Mary alumni]]
[[Category:College of William & Mary faculty]]
[[Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Virginia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Norfolk, Virginia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia]]
[[Category:St. John's University (New York City) faculty]]
[[Category:University of Virginia faculty]]
[[Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball coaches]]


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