PHILIP – Philip Boys Basketball Head Coach Jana Jones passed away on New Year’s Day at age 63.
Jones, an alum of Wall High School and Black Hills State University, became the first female head coach of a South Dakota boys high school team in 1990 at Midland. After five seasons with the Vikings’ boys program, Jones coached in the Midland girls program. She became Philip’s head coach in 2019.
A memorial visitation will be held Sunday from 2:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time at the Philip Fine Arts Building.
Memorials may be directed to the Juvenile Diabetes Organization or to the Kidney Transplant Organization and sent to P.O. Box 202, Midland, SD, 57552.
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