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Minium: Jeff Jones Won His 500th game, but it’s Humbleness, and Not That Marvelous Milestone, That Makes His Parents the Proudest

By Harry Minium
The coaches and players at Apollo High School in basketball-crazy Owensboro, Ky., knew Jeff Jones would become a coach, and likely a good one, when he was just a 14-year-old high school freshman.

Jones had played in a junior varsity game earlier in the evening, and was getting ready to put on his clothes when varsity coach Wayne Chapman told him to suit up for the varsity game. He came off the bench and led the Eagles to another victory.

That was impressive, but more impressive is what happened at halftime of the varsity game.