Chris Jans

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Chris Jans

| image = Chris Jans 1.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Mississippi State

| current_conference = SEC

| current_record = {{winpct|63|40|record=y}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|4|12}}

| birth_place = Fairbank, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1987–1991

| player_team1 = Loras

| coach_years1 = 1991–1994

| coach_team1 = Elmhurst (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1994–1996

| coach_team2 = Grand View (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1996–1998

| coach_team3 = Kirkwood CC

| coach_years4 = 1998–1999

| coach_team4 = Independence CC

| coach_years5 = 1999–2001

| coach_team5 = Idaho (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2001–2003

| coach_team6 = Howard JC

| coach_years7 = 2003–2004

| coach_team7 = Chipola

| coach_years8 = 2004–2007

| coach_team8 = Illinois State (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 2007–2014

| coach_team9 = Wichita State (assistant)

| coach_years10 = 2014–2015

| coach_team10 = Bowling Green

| coach_years11 = 2015–2017

| coach_team11 = Wichita State (special assistant)

| coach_years12 = 2017–2022

| coach_team12 = New Mexico State

| coach_years13 = 2022–present

| coach_team13 = Mississippi State

| coach_years14 = 2024–present

| overall_record = {{winpct|206|84|record=y}} (college)
{{winpct|159|45|record=y}} (junior college)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 1–6 (NCAA)
1–1 (CIT)

| championships = NJCAA Division II tournament (1998)
2 ICCAC regular season (1997, 1998)
Panhandle regular season (2004)
4 WAC regular season (2018–2020, 2022)
3 WAC tournament (2018, 2019, 2022)

| awards = NJCAA Division II Coach of the Year (1998)
3× WAC Coach of the Year (2018–2020)

| coaching_records =

}}

Christopher Paul Jans (born April 12, 1969) is and American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team. Jans previously coached at New Mexico State, where he led the Aggies from 2017 to 2022. Jans is a graduate of Loras College, and hails from Fairbank, Iowa.

Prior to New Mexico State, Jans was hired by Bowling Green in March 2014—his first Division I job. He led Bowling Green to its most wins in 13 years. However, on March 21—shortly after losing to Canisius in the 2nd round of the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, a drunken Jans was seen engaging in lewd and inappropriate behavior toward women at a bar near campus. A Bowling Green alumnus recorded Jans on his cell phone, and was so outraged by what he saw that he reported the incident to school officials.{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/04/03/BGSU-fires-Chris-Jans.html|title=BGSU fires first-year basketball coach Chris Jans|last=Wagner|first=John|publisher=The Blade|date=April 3, 2015}} Following an internal investigation, Bowling Green fired Jans for violating a morals clause in his contract.{{cite web | url=http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2015/4/2/MBB_0402150226.aspx | title=Men's Basketball Leadership Change Announced }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/04/02/chris-jans-bowling-green-state-fired|title=Video shows Bowling Green coach Chris Jans slapping woman's buttocks|last=Thamel|first=Pete|date=April 2, 2015|magazine=Sports Illustrated|accessdate=April 3, 2015}}

Jans led New Mexico State to a 27–7 record in 2021–22, including an NCAA Tournament victory. He finished with a 122–32 mark at New Mexico State, winning four regular-season and three Western Athletic Conference tournament championships. On March 20, 2022, Jans was hired as head coach at Mississippi State.{{cite news |last1=Stephenson |first1=Creg |title=Mississippi State hires New Mexico State's Chris Jans as basketball coach |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2022/03/mississippi-state-hires-new-mexico-states-chris-jans-as-basketball-coach.html |access-date=March 23, 2022 |work=Al.com |date=March 20, 2022}}

Head coaching record

=Junior college=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Kirkwood Eagles

| conference = Iowa Community College Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1996

| endyear = 1998

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1996–97

| name = Kirkwood

| overall = 25–10

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason = NJCAA Division II Tournament

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1997–98

| name = Kirkwood

| overall = 31–6

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason = NJCAA Division II Champion

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Kirkwood

| overall = {{winpct|56|16|record=y}}

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Independence Pirates

| conference = Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference

| startyear = 1998

| endyear = 1999

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Independence

| overall = 22–10

| conference = 14–4

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Independence

| overall = {{winpct|22|10|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|14|4|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Howard College Hawks

| conference = Western Junior College Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2001

| endyear = 2003

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Howard College

| overall = 20–10

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Howard College

| overall = 29–4

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Howard College

| overall = {{winpct|49|14|record=y}}

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Chipola Indians

| conference = Panhandle Conference

| startyear = 2003

| endyear = 2004

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2003–04

| name = Chipola

| overall = 32–5

| conference = 11–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NJCAA Division I Tournament

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Chipola

| overall = {{winpct|32|5|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|11|1|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall= {{winpct|159|45|record=y}}

}}

=College=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Bowling Green Falcons

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| startyear = 2014

| endyear = 2015

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Bowling Green

| overall = 21–12

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 3rd (East)

| postseason = CIT Second Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Bowling Green

| overall = {{winpct|21|12|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|11|7|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = New Mexico State Aggies

| conference = Western Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2017

| endyear = 2022

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2017–18

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = 28–6

| conference = 12–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2018–19

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = 30–5

| conference = 15–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2019–20

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = 25–6

| conference = 16–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = No postseason held

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2020–21

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = 12–8

| conference = 7–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2021–22

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = 27–7

| conference = 14–4

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = New Mexico State

| overall = {{winpct|122|32|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|64|13|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Mississippi State Bulldogs

| conference = Southeastern Conference

| startyear = 2022

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Mississippi State

| overall = 21–13

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = T–9th

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = Mississippi State

| overall = 21–14

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = Mississippi State

| overall = 21–13

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = T–9th

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Mississippi State

| overall = {{winpct|63|40|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|24|30|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|206|84|record=y}}

}}

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