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Jamon Copeland enters his second season as a member of the Texas State coaching staff.
As a member of the staff last season, Copeland helped recruit an impressive signing class as the Bobcats inked four of the state's top 40 prep players as well as one of the all-time leading three-point shooters from the junior college ranks.
Texas State also tripled its win total from the previous year during the 2006-07 season.
Copeland joined the Texas State staff from Trinity Valley Community College where he was an assistant for both the men's and women's programs.
On the men's side, Copeland worked for Hall of Fame coach Leon Spencer, who has the most all-time wins (809) in Texas junior college history. On the women's side he worked for the nationally-ranked and five-time NJCAA National Champion women's team. Copeland had a wide range of responsibilities from on-floor coaching and game preparation to recruiting potential student-athletes for both teams.
During the 2005-06 season, Trinity Valley's women finished sixth at the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament. The Lady Cards posted a 30-2 overall record and were Region XIV champions, going 18-0. Trinity Valley produced two NJCAA All-Americans and the NJCAA Player of the Year in 2006.
Copeland served as an assistant coach on the Trinity Valley staff while completing requirements for a master's degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M-Commerce.
Copeland has also coached on the high school level, serving as an assistant coach on the Keller Central High School staff during the 2004-05 academic year.
As an undergraduate student, Copeland served as a player/coach at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. He received his Bachelor's of Arts Degree in History from Franciscan University in 2003. The Coppell native began his collegiate career at Midwestern State University where he was a member of the school's Lone Star Conference championship team as a freshman. He earned his associates degree while playing one season at North Lake College in Irving.
In addition to his basketball coaching experience, Copeland spent one year as a strength and conditioning coach in the Austrian Professional Football League. He worked with the Amstetten Thunderbolts in 2003.
Copeland was an all-district and academic all-state member of Coppell's prep team, which was a Class 4A state semifinalist and Class 4A Region II champions.
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