ALBANY-The College of Saint Rose has removed the interim tag from head baseball coach
Wayne Jones.
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Jones was named the program's interim head coach this past winter after serving as a Golden Knights assistant coach throughout the prior two years.
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He previously worked as the pitching coach at nearby Shenendehowa and Shaker High Schools from 2000-14. He furthermore served in the same capacity for the South Troy Dodgers Elite Team for 12 years. Jones was also the head coach of the Clifton Park Reds of the Mountain Collegiate League from 1998-04.
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At Shaker, he helped guide the Bison to the finals of the 2011 New York State Championship Tournament and helped developed two major league pitchers, Jeff Hoffman of the Colorado Rockies and Tommy Kahnle of the Chicago White Sox.
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Jones furthermore helped lead South Troy to six Connie Mack World Series appearances and directed Clifton Park to the 1999 Continental Amateur Baseball Association Collegiate Division National Championship.
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Jones is a native of Ballston Lake, N.Y and currently resides in Halfmoon, N.Y.
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