Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus St. Cloud State (Exhibition) on October 28, 2026 at 7 p.m.
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7 p.m.
Women's Basketball
vs St. Cloud State (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
Kacie Jones
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Kacie.Jones@sdstate.edu
Kacie Jones joined the South Dakota State staff in August of 2024 and enters her third season as an assistant coach with the Jackrabbits in 2026-27. Her primary duties with the Jackrabbits include post player development and recruiting. SDSU is 57-11 in Jones' two seasons on staff.
The Jackrabbits went 27-7 overall in 2025-26 and went back to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year. Jones helped SDSU to a runner-up finish with a 14-2 mark in the Summit League regular season, then avenged earlier season losses to both South Dakota and North Dakota State to win fourth straight Summit League tournament crown.
The 2025-26 season saw the career end of Jackrabbit all-time great Brooklyn Meyer, who earned three All-America nods (WBCA, Associated Press, USBWA) as a senior and was named the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year. The forward was also a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year award and was named Summit League Tournament MVP. Meyer ended her career with 2,097 career points (third in program history behind Macy Miller and Myah Selland), a .609 field goal percentage (first in history), 850 career rebounds (fifth in history) and 174 career blocks (second in history). Joining Meyer on the Summit League First Team was fellow senior Madison Mathiowetz, while Emilee Fox was deemed honorable mention and Hadley Thul landed on the Summit League’s all-freshman team. Meyer was also named to the Summit League all-defensive team.
In 2024-25, South Dakota State won its fifth straight regular season Summit League title and three-peated as the conference’s postseason champion. The Jackrabbits finished the year 30-4, reaching 30 wins for the second time in the Division I era and third time overall. SDSU knocked off three ranked teams - No. 21 Creighton, No. 21 Oregon and No. 17 Oklahoma State. The Jacks’ win over the seventh-seeded OSU Cowgirls came in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 74-68, to put SDSU in the second round for the second time in three years.
Brooklyn Meyer was deemed honorable mention All-America, was a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award and landed on the All-Summit League first team in 2024-25. Paige Meyer was also conference first-team selection while Haleigh Timmer earned an honorable mention nod. Katie Vasecka was named to the Summit League all-freshman team. Brooklyn Meyer, Paige Meyer and Mesa Byom were three of five players named to the Summit League’s all-defensive team.
Jones came to South Dakota State from Kansas State, where she spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons as the Wildcats’ director of basketball administration. At K-State, Jones was responsible for a number of administrative duties, including team operations and budget management.
The Wildcats went 45-25 in Jones’ two seasons in Manhattan and went to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2024. K-State was ranked as high at No. 2 in the AP Poll during the 2023-24 season and spent 19 consecutive weeks in the AP top-25.
Prior to joining the staff at K-State, Jones was an assistant coach at Wayne State, her alma mater, from 2020 to 2022. Three Wildcats earned All-NSIC honors during that time, including two being named the NSIC South Player of the Year. Jones was also a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern College in Iowa for the 2019-20 season, where she helped the Red Raiders go 17-11 overall. Four Northwestern players earned All-GPAC honors in 2020.
Jones competed in both basketball and track and field for four seasons (2014-18) at Wayne State. She scored 754 career points as a Wildcat and led the team in 3-point shooting as a junior and senior. In track and field, Jones was the 2016 NSIC outdoor discus champion and national qualifier.
Jones is a native of Sundance, Wyoming. She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Wayne State in 2018 and a master’s degree in education from Northwestern in 2021. Kacie and her husband, Justin Jones, live in Brookings with their daughter, Harper.
The Jackrabbits went 27-7 overall in 2025-26 and went back to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year. Jones helped SDSU to a runner-up finish with a 14-2 mark in the Summit League regular season, then avenged earlier season losses to both South Dakota and North Dakota State to win fourth straight Summit League tournament crown.
The 2025-26 season saw the career end of Jackrabbit all-time great Brooklyn Meyer, who earned three All-America nods (WBCA, Associated Press, USBWA) as a senior and was named the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year. The forward was also a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year award and was named Summit League Tournament MVP. Meyer ended her career with 2,097 career points (third in program history behind Macy Miller and Myah Selland), a .609 field goal percentage (first in history), 850 career rebounds (fifth in history) and 174 career blocks (second in history). Joining Meyer on the Summit League First Team was fellow senior Madison Mathiowetz, while Emilee Fox was deemed honorable mention and Hadley Thul landed on the Summit League’s all-freshman team. Meyer was also named to the Summit League all-defensive team.
In 2024-25, South Dakota State won its fifth straight regular season Summit League title and three-peated as the conference’s postseason champion. The Jackrabbits finished the year 30-4, reaching 30 wins for the second time in the Division I era and third time overall. SDSU knocked off three ranked teams - No. 21 Creighton, No. 21 Oregon and No. 17 Oklahoma State. The Jacks’ win over the seventh-seeded OSU Cowgirls came in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 74-68, to put SDSU in the second round for the second time in three years.
Brooklyn Meyer was deemed honorable mention All-America, was a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award and landed on the All-Summit League first team in 2024-25. Paige Meyer was also conference first-team selection while Haleigh Timmer earned an honorable mention nod. Katie Vasecka was named to the Summit League all-freshman team. Brooklyn Meyer, Paige Meyer and Mesa Byom were three of five players named to the Summit League’s all-defensive team.
Jones came to South Dakota State from Kansas State, where she spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons as the Wildcats’ director of basketball administration. At K-State, Jones was responsible for a number of administrative duties, including team operations and budget management.
The Wildcats went 45-25 in Jones’ two seasons in Manhattan and went to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2024. K-State was ranked as high at No. 2 in the AP Poll during the 2023-24 season and spent 19 consecutive weeks in the AP top-25.
Prior to joining the staff at K-State, Jones was an assistant coach at Wayne State, her alma mater, from 2020 to 2022. Three Wildcats earned All-NSIC honors during that time, including two being named the NSIC South Player of the Year. Jones was also a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern College in Iowa for the 2019-20 season, where she helped the Red Raiders go 17-11 overall. Four Northwestern players earned All-GPAC honors in 2020.
Jones competed in both basketball and track and field for four seasons (2014-18) at Wayne State. She scored 754 career points as a Wildcat and led the team in 3-point shooting as a junior and senior. In track and field, Jones was the 2016 NSIC outdoor discus champion and national qualifier.
Jones is a native of Sundance, Wyoming. She earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Wayne State in 2018 and a master’s degree in education from Northwestern in 2021. Kacie and her husband, Justin Jones, live in Brookings with their daughter, Harper.
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