Jason Flowers (basketball)
{{short description|American basketball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jason Flowers
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| current_title = Head Men’s Basketball Coach
| current_team = LA City College
| current_conference = SCC
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Inglewood, California
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 1997–1999
| player_team1 = UC Irvine
| player_years2 = 1999–2001
| player_team2 = UCLA
| player_positions = Guard
| coach_sport1 = Men's basketball
| coach_years2 = 2001–2003
| coach_team2 = UCLA (volunteer asst.)
| coach_sport3 = Women's basketball
| coach_years4 = 2003–2004
| coach_team4 = Santa Ana Valley HS (CA)
| coach_years5 = 2004–2008
| coach_team5 = Long Beach State (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2008–2010
| coach_team6 = UC Riverside (asst.)
| coach_years7 = 2010–2020
| coach_team7 = Cal State Northridge
| admin_years1 = 2021–present
| admin_team1 = California Baptist
(director of player development)
| overall_record = {{winning percentage|150|169|record=y}} (college)
| tournament_record = {{plainlist|
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| championships = {{plainlist|
- Big West regular season (2014)
- 3 Big West tournament (2014, 2015, 2018)
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| awards = {{plainlist|
- 2× Big West Coach of the Year (2012, 2014)
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Jason Flowers (born August 10, 1979) is an American basketball coach who is currently the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at LA City College. Prior to LACC, Flowers was the director of player development for the women's basketball team at California Baptist University.{{cite web |title=Flowers named Director of WBB Player Development at Cal Baptist |url=https://whoopdirt.com/flowers-named-director-of-wbb-player-development-at-cal-baptist/ |website=Women's Hoopdirt |access-date=7 August 2021}} Prior to Cal Baptist, he was the head women's basketball coach at Cal State Northridge from 2010 to 2020, where he was a two-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year as well as winning three Big West Conference tournament titles.{{cite web |title=Matador Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jason Flowers Resigns |url=https://gomatadors.com/news/2020/4/20/jason-flowers-announces-resignation-from-womens-basketball-program.aspx |website=CSUN Athletics |access-date=7 August 2021}}
A former guard at UC Irvine and UCLA, Flowers is married to Tairia Flowers ({{nee|Mims}}), a former Olympic gold medalist in softball who is currently the head softball coach at Loyola Marymount.{{cite web |title=Former CSUN softball coach Tairia Flowers reflects on joining LMU |url=https://sundial.csun.edu/161911/sports/former-csun-softball-coach-tairia-flowers-reflects-on-joining-lmu/ |website=Daily Sundial |access-date=7 August 2021}} They have three children, two daughters and a son.
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cal State Northridge Matadors
| conference = Big West Conference
| startyear = 2010
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 4–26
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 17–14
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2013–14
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 18–15
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2014–15
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 7–24
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 18–14
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2017–18
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 19–16
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 7–9
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Cal State Northridge
| overall = {{winning percentage|150|169|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|87|75|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winning percentage|150|169|record=y}}
}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|Jason_Flowers}}
- [https://cbulancers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/jason-flowers/365 Cal Baptist Lancers profile]
- [https://gomatadors.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/jason-flowers/183 Cal State Northridge Matadors profile]
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