UC Davis Athletics

• Completed his eighth year on the UC Davis staff in 2024
• During his time at UC Davis the Aggies advanced to the NCAA Tournament (2017) and the National Invitation Tournament (2018)
• Member of the University of Montana men’s basketball staff for five years prior to joining UC Davis' program
• Throughout his tenure in Montana the Grizzlies won three Big Sky titles and appeared in the postseason four times
• Montana won the 2012, 2013, and 2015 Big Sky Regular Season titles and competed in the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournaments, 2015 NIT and 2016 CBI
• Began his coaching career at Cal State Fullerton as its director of basketball operations; his first assistant coach opportunity took place at UC Santa Barbara
• Helped UCSB win Big West Regular Season championships in 2008 and 2010, and earn trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011
• Coached five players who continued their career in the NBA: Will Cherry, Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally, Alan Williams and Jacob Wiley.

The 2023-24 basketball season marked the eighth year Metzger-Jones has been a part of the UC Davis Basketball staff. 

Joining the program in June of 2016, Metzger-Jones has been a part of many Aggie firsts. The 2016-17 season marked the Aggies first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament after capturing the 2017 Big West Tournament championship. That year was followed up by a Big West Regular season title in 2017-18, a trip to the 2018 NIT, and marked the first time in UC Davis Division 1 program history that the Aggies had back to back plus .500 winning percentage seasons, a feat that was again accomplished in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

In addition to back-to-back postseason appearances in 2017 and 2018, both seasons ended with the Aggies winning 22 or more games.

With the Aggies Metzger-Jones is tasked with coordinating staff recruiting efforts, player skill development, opponent scouting, analytics, in-game strategy, and academics.

In 2020 Metzger-Jones became an initial member of the board of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for UC Davis Athletics. In his role with DEI he helps to provide and coordinate resources, information, and advice which contributes to a more informed and inclusive athletics department and an overall better student-athlete experience.

In 2018 Metzger-Jones was invited to participate in the inaugural Collegiate Coaches Consortium at the Final Four. This event brought together some of the leading assistant coaches in the country to meet with athletics administrators to learn and prepare for the future of college basketball.

In his time in Davis he has worked with multiple Aggies to earn prestigious awards. Head Coach Jim Les was awarded the 2018 Big West Coach Of The Year Award. TJ Shorts was named Big West MVP and Newcomer Of The Year in 2018, as well as First Team All-Conference in 2019. Chima Moneke was named First Team All-Conference and Big West Tournament MVP in 2017. Ezra Manjon, Elijah Pepper, Stefan Gonzalez, Joe Mooney, Siler Schneider, and Brynton Lemar all earned All-Big West accolades in Metzger-Jones’ time with the Aggies.

Metzger-Jones arrived to UC Davis after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at Montana. Throughout his tenure in Missoula, the Grizzlies won three Big Sky regular season championships and advanced to postseason play on four occasions.

In addition to competing in the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournaments, Metzger-Jones' teams also competed in the 2015 National Invitation Tournament and 2016 College Basketball Invitational.

While at Montana, Metzger-Jones was tasked with recruiting, player skill development, opponent scouting, in-game strategy, scheduling, the program’s fundraising efforts and player academics — an area that saw the Grizzly basketball team post its highest cumulative GPA in program history.

Before he joined the Grizzlies' staff, Metzger-Jones helped lead UC Santa Barbara to its most successful stint in program history. Over the course of his four years the Gauchos won the 2008 and 2010 Big West regular season titles, consecutive Big West Tournament championships and the program's first-ever back-to-back berths at the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011. UCSB also qualified for the 2008 NIT.

While at Santa Barbara, Metzger-Jones recruited and mentored Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally and Alan Williams. Johnson and Williams received Big West MVP distinction in 2010 and 2014 respectively; all three have NBA experience.

Metzger-Jones played two seasons at Pacific, was named co-captain as a senior and etched his name in the Tigers' records book as one of the program's top 10 three-point shooters when he graduated in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration.

Afterwards, he spent three seasons playing professionally in Europe with stops in Switzerland, Denmark and Finland. 

Upon his return to the United States, Metzger-Jones started his coaching career as Cal State Fullerton’s director of basketball operations.

Metzger-Jones is married to the former Alison Keck. The couple has one son, Jason.