Jonas Hayes Promoted To Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

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Coach Mark Fox has promoted Jonas Hayes to Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. Hayes joined the Georgia staff in May of 2012. As Operations Coordinator last season, he was responsible for players’ day-to-day schedules and academic performance. Hayes also assisted with the program’s on-campus recruiting efforts, summer camps and community outreach.

“Jonas has done a terrific job for us and he has earned the opportunity to move up,” Fox said. “His love of Georgia, connections in this region, and magnetic personality will be great assets in recruiting.”

After graduating in 2004, he served as assistant coach at Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N. C., at South Carolina State, Morehouse College and his alma mater, Douglas High School in Atlanta.
A native Atlantan, Hayes joined the Bulldog basketball team as a player in 2000, redshirting with his twin Jarvis Hayes after transferring from Western Carolina. Hayes earned three varsity letters and was a key member of three successful Georgia teams between 2002-04. From 2002– 2004 he started 41 of 88 games for the Bulldogs, scoring 759 points (8.6 avg.) and pulling down 435 rebounds (4.9 avg.). Hayes scored a career high 25 points in the 2004 double overtime upset of then 3rd-ranked Georgia Tech 83-80.
“I’m just really excited and grateful for the opportunity,” Hayes said. “This past year has been a valuable experience for me. I’ve learned so much from Coach Fox that it’s difficult to put into words how much it will help me going forward. And to be able to represent Georgia and help young people grow on and off the court; that’s an opportunity that I will cherish for a lifetime.”