Longtime Illinois and Southern Illinois baseball coach Richard “Itch” Jones died Monday at age 87, the Illinois athletic department announced. Jones coached the Illini for 15 seasons after 21 years at ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) – The Southern Illinois Athletics Department will host a Celebration of Life service for the legendary coach Richard "Itch" Jones later this year. The event will take place on ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — Legendary Illinois baseball coach Richard C. "Itch" "Itchy" Jones died at the age of 87, according to Illinois Baseball. A graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A legendary former baseball coach for the Fighting Illini died on Monday. Richard “Itch” “Itchy” Jones died after a three-year-long battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He ...

CARBONDALE, IL - (WSIL) - Iconic Saluki baseball coach Itchy Jones passed away on Monday night in Oklahoma. He turned 87 over the weekend. Jones is a 1960 SIU graduate and played second base for the ...

Staff and wire reports Feb 19, 2025 Feb 19, 2025 0 Southern Illinois Carbondale baseball coach Richard "Itchy" Jones speaks as he holds the 1971 College World Series second-place trophy. Post-Dispatch ...

Former Illini baseball coach Itch Jones tours Illinois Field in Champaign in 2015. Jones, who coached the Illini from 1991-2005, died on Monday. He was 87. Sports Editor Former Illini baseball coach ...

CHAMPAIGN — Longtime Illinois and Southern Illinois baseball coach Richard “Itch” Jones died Monday at age 87, the Illinois athletic department announced. Jones coached the Illini for 15 seasons after ...