GREENSBORO — Will Jones has been named the MEAC’s coach of the year.
Jones, the interim coach at N.C. A&T, took over the program Christmas Eve when head coach Jay Joyner was suspended indefinitely.
Jones changed the Aggies’ offensive style, forcing the tempo to create more possessions and more scoring. A&T is 16-15 overall, but 13-4 since Jan. 1 and finished second in the MEAC standings. They had a chance to win their first regular-season title since 1991-92, but lost a winner-take-all finale at rival N.C. Central on Thursday.
Two Aggies made the All-MEAC first team.
Point guard Kam Langley, a 6-foot-2 junior from Southwest Guilford, leads the nation with a school-record 232 assists. Langley passed A&T legends Thomas “Ice” Griffis and Al Attles for the Aggies career assists record this season, and he needs six more to become the MEAC’s all-time leader.