Jones would be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1989. It is also the birthday of ex-Celtic shooting guard Bill Sharman, who played for the team between 1951 and 1961.

Bill Jones returned to his alma mater to coach the North Harford boys basketball team. He aims to restore the program to its former glory.

Sports fans know Jones as a five-time All-Star who won 10 NBA titles with the Celtics. In Maryland in the 1990s and early 2000s, he was Mr. Jones, substitute teacher.