Head Coach Eric Jones

Coach Jones does not come from far away – he has been a Varsity Assistant Coach for TJ O’Connor and the Boys Basketball program since the 2020-2021 season. In the past four seasons, Coach Jones helped assist the boys to 63 wins, including a State Tournament berth in 2021-2022, the first time in 99 years for the boys program, which ended with 22 wins, including an upset over the #1 overall seed Wahoo. 

 
Before Fort Calhoun, Coach Jones led the Boys program at Brownell Talbot from 2015 to 2018. Prior to Brownell Talbot, Coach Jones was the Head Coach of the Girls program at Pleasanton High School for two seasons. Before he was a Head Coach, he earned his Masters at Doane University as a Graduate Assistant Coach under Coach Ian Brown and Coach Jim Weeks. 
 
Coach Jones has many other stops along the way, from Lincoln Northeast High School, to Kaplan Community College, and various youth and YMCA coaching positions. 
Assistant Coaches
Chris Eastman

Coach Eastman has been coaching basketball since 2011, with 4 years spent coaching youth basketball. He also served 4 years as the Reserve and JV coach for the high school boys team at Fort Calhoun, followed by a year as a varsity assistant at OCA. In addition, Coach Eastman has successfully led both junior high boys and girls basketball teams at Fort Calhoun, with two seasons as the head coach of the junior high boys and one season coaching junior high girls. Now entering his second year on the high school girls basketball staff, Coach Eastman brings energy, dedication, and a commitment to player development to every team he coaches.  

Maggie Schmidt
Allie Schleifer