Jon Cremins - Men's Basketball Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Jon Cremins

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
creminjr@jmu.edu
Phone:
540-568-6462

Jon Cremins joined the James Madison staff as an assistant coach prior to the 2020-21 season, ariving from Georgia Southern alongside head coach Mark Byington. In Statesboro, Cremins served as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns, helping the Eagles to at least 20 wins in both seasons.

The 2022-23 campaign, Cremins' third in Harrisonburg, saw him help lead the Dukes to their most wins (22) since the 1981-82 season. JMU set four program records - total points, rebounds, steals and steals per game - and averaged 80.5 points per game, the third-highest average in the Division I history of the program.

In his first season at JMU, Cremins helped lead the Dukes to an incredible turnaround after JMU was picked ninth in the CAA Preseason Poll, guiding the program to the ninth regular season title in program history.

The Dukes led the league in scoring and scoring margin on the year, despite the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, and won 10 of 11 games down the stretch to clinch JMU's first No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament since 1992-93.

This past season, Cremins' second in Harrisonburg, the Dukes battled to a 15-14 mark while overcoming unprecedented obstacles. Despite a ban from the league's tournament, JMU overcame injuries and a 29-day COVID-19 pause to notch the program's second straight winning season, opening the year with a 9-2 record and notching a historic win over in-state Virginia in December.

Cremins also has head coaching experience, having led Spartanburg Methodist to a 55-11 mark in two seasons at the helm. He was named the Region X Coach of the Year and District X Coach of the Year for the second straight season after guiding Spartanburg Methodist to a top-25 national ranking and 29-4 overall record. The Pioneers finished the season leading the nation in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage and 3-pointers made, while ranking in the top-10 in rebounding margin, points per game, turnovers per game and free-throw percentage.

Cremins led SMC to 26 wins during his first season in 2015-16 en route to being named the Region X Conference Coach of the Year. The Pioneers went 26-7 that season and ranked in the top-10 nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, rebounding margin and points per game allowed.

Prior to working at SMC, Cremins spent one season at Kennesaw State where he helped the Owls reach the Atlantic Sun Championship for the second time and saw their average season win total increase by 40 percent.

In Cremins’ two seasons as an assistant at College of Charleston, the Cougars upset top-25 Tennessee, won the Southern Conference regular-season championship and Andrew Goudelock became the program's first NBA Draft pick and All-American since 1997.

Cremins also coached two seasons for head coach Dickey Nutt at Southeast Missouri State, where the Redhawks ranked in the top-10 nationally in field goal percentage, scoring offense and assists in his second campaign.

Cremins began his coaching career at Valdosta State from 2007-09 as a graduate assistant. During his two seasons, the school posted a 42-18 record and won the Gulf South Conference East Division Championship.

The Roswell, Ga., native graduated from Valdosta State in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in history. He remained at Valdosta State to earn his master's degree in public administration in 2009.