Former Jones College standout Kelvin Nixon begins his sixth season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Jones College.
The Bobcats have posted a combined 76-39 record in his first five seasons on the sidelines, including back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Jones jumped out to a 10-0 start and was ranked as high as 10th before finishing 17-8 overall in 2021-22.
In the last full season in the MACCC, Jones won the south division and finished as both the conference and region runner-up.
Nixon has helped develop 21 players who have signed at the four-year level, including players to Georgetown, Louisiana and Southern Mississippi.
Prior to Jones, Nixon spent the 2016-17 season as a women's basketball assistant coach at Pearl River, one season as a volunteer assistant at Heidelberg High School and then was boys' assistant coach at Quitman High School in 2015-16.
Nixon played the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons at JCJC and is a 2010 graduate of Heidelberg High School, where he was a four-year starter. He earned All-District Awards, was named the team's Most Valuable Player and was one of the state’s top scorers as a junior, averaging 26.5 points per game.
At JCJC, he was a two-year starter, averaging 11.5 ppg as a freshman and 14.5 ppg as a sophomore. He started in the MACJC All-Star Game after his sophomore season. He then had a successful two-year stint at William Carey University.
During two years at Carey, Nixon was a key member of back-to-back NAIA National Tournament teams. As a junior, he averaged 14.9 ppg, 3.4 rebounds per game and was a starter on a national tournament team and earned All-Southern States Athletic honors.
As a senior, Nixon averaged 13.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.3 assists per game and helped the Crusaders to the SSAC championship. He earned All-SSAC honors and was named as the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year.
Nixon received a bachelor’s degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from William Carey and also obtained his Masters of Education in Interscholastic Athletic Administration in 2019.
The Heidelberg native was married in May 2019 to the former Quentisha Jones, an HR partner at Southern Miss.
