St. Andrews names Myron Jones as interim Esports coach

Laurinburg, N.C. - St. Andrews has named former Esports Assistant Coach Myron Jones as the interim Esports Head Coach. The role became vacant after his predecessor, Kieran Kilcoyne, accepted a Ticket Sales Executive position in San Francisco, California. 

An alumna of St. Andrews, Jones competed for five years on the football team and two years on the Esports team. He received a bachelors in visual arts before going on to receive his MBA in 2022.

The Pamplico, SC native has already outlined his goals for the spring semester and beyond. 

“My goal is to see all our teams make the playoffs,” Jones said. “From there, (I want to see them) potentially win a championship. Then, the biggest thing, is having all of our athletes on the side of academic success. I want to see them have above a 3.5 (gpa). We (have) held our athletes to high standards and I’m going to do the same thing.” 

Beyond the academic and competitive goals, he plans to continue the team’s cultural dynamics he saw Kilcoyne build while working alongside him for two seasons. 

“One of the biggest things I took away from (Kilcoyne) is structure,” Jones said. “You want to have structure, and then you want to implement it into the players…that’s one of the things he showed me throughout my years as an assistant coach. Now transitioning from the assistant coach to head coach, my job is to take that structure and expand it.” 

One of two co-ed Knights athletic teams, they currently compete in the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC). 

This semester, they will be adding several new sports themed video games to their competition repertoire - TeamFight Tactic and Madden increasing the potential for prospective athletes and competition opportunities. 

Both conference championships will be held on April 1, 2024.