Hall of Fame
Jonathan Norton spent 14 years on the Columbus State women's basketball coaching staff, including the final seven seasons as the head coach of the Lady Cougars. Norton took the reigns from his mentor, and fellow Hall of Fame coach, Jay Sparks for the 2009-10 season and continued CSU's winning ways. In his seven seasons, CSU went 141-61 for a .698 winning percentage and made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2014-16. The Lady Cougars swept both the 2014-15 and 2015-16 PBC regular-season and tournament championships and won the program's first NCAA Tournament game in nearly a decade in 2016. Norton was named the PBC Coach of the Year twice (2015 & 2016), while picking up the WBCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year award in 2016.
As an assistant coach, Norton helped Columbus State to two NCAA DII final four appearances (2000 & 2001). He was also the head cross country coach for CSU (1996-2002) and was named the PBC Coach of the Year in 2009.Â
