Someone very familiar with Jones County Junior College has been tabbed to lead the men’s basketball program.

The school’s Board of Trustees approved Don Skelton, who was an assistant coach under Marc Dukes at JCJC from 1988-90, Friday morning as the school’s new head coach. He replaces Kyle Roane, who resigned earlier this week to become an assistant coach at Jacksonville State.

“I am proud to be here,” said Skelton, during an afternoon press conference in the C.L. Neill Media Center. “It is a real comfortable deal for me to come here, compared to a lot of places, because I know a lot of these faces that are in here. They have been good friends to me.

“It’s kind of like coming home for me.”

Skelton has posted some sterling numbers as a head basketball coach.

At Northwest, he was head coach from 1999-2006 and led the Rangers to five trips to the NJCAA Nationals in Hutchinson, Kan. He compiled a 198-56 (.779) record and led Northwest to five Region 23 titles, five District 16 titles, two MACJC state titles and five MACJC North Division championships.

He was head coach at Southwest from 1997-99, leading the Bears to a 22-9 record and a berth in the state and regional tournament in 1997-98. He was head basketball and head baseball coach at Lafayette County High School in Oxford in 1990-91.