DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player and head coach of Old Dominion. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year her senior season.

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Delisha Milton-Jones

Milton-Jones at the 2007 WNBA All-Star game.
Old Dominion Monarchs
Position	Head coach
League	Sun Belt Conference
Personal information
Born	(1974-09-11) September 11, 1974 (age 49) Riceboro, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Bradwell Institute (Hinesville, Georgia)
College	Florida (1993–1997)
WNBA draft	1999: Supplemental round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career	1999–2015
Position	Small forward / power forward
Number	8, 3, 1
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998	Portland Power
1999–2004	Los Angeles Sparks
2002–2003	UMMC Ekaterinburg
2005–2007	Washington Mystics
2005–2006	Gambrinus Brno
2006–2008	Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2009	Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2012	Los Angeles Sparks
2013	San Antonio Silver Stars
2013–2014	New York Liberty
2014–2015	Atlanta Dream
As coach:
2016–2017	Pepperdine (assistant)
2017–2019	Pepperdine
2019–2020	Syracuse (assistant)
2020–present	Old Dominion
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× WNBA champion (2001, 2002) 3× WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007) Wade Trophy (1997) Honda Sports Award for basketball (1997) First-team All-American (1997) SEC Player of the Year (1997) 2× First-team All-SEC (1996, 1997)
Career statistics
Field goals completed	.440
Free throws completed	.790
Points scored	5,571
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition FIBA World Championship 1998 Germany Team competition 2002 China Team competition 2006 Brazil Team competition Universiade 1997 Sicily Team competition

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Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the Portland Power, who drafted her second overall in the American Basketball League (ABL). After the dissolution of the ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the 1999 WNBA draft and was selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the Washington Mystics (2005–07), the San Antonio Stars (2013), and the New York Liberty (2013–14).

Milton-Jones is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2008) and a two-time WNBA champion (2001, 2002) and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times (2000, 2004, 2007).

Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in Riceboro, Georgia, in 1974. She attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.

Milton-Jones accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1993 to 1997. She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. As a senior in 1996–97, she was recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak and the Basketball Times; she was also the winner of the Wade Trophy and the Honda Sports Award for basketball, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division I.^[1]

Milton-Jones was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.^[2][3]

Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team.^[5]

Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. The national team traveled to Berlin, Germany, in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The U.S. team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the semifinal game against Brazil, the U.S. team was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but the U.S. team went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, the Russian team took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, the U.S. team was down by two points but the Americans responded, then held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 points per game.^[6]

Milton-Jones is well known for the unusual length of her arms, which give her an eighty-four inch wingspan—typical of that of a seven-foot person. She was a member of the U.S. national women's basketball teams that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,^[7] as well as the U.S. women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002.

She became the second woman (after Ashley McElhiney) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's Los Angeles Stars.

On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach of Pepperdine Waves women's basketball replacing Ryan Weisenberg. In 2019, Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to become an assistant at Syracuse. On April 17, 2020, she was named head coach at Old Dominion University.

Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie Love and Basketball as Delisha Milton. In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones.^[18]

• 2001-2002: Lavezzini Basket Parma (Italy)
• 2002-2004: UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
• 2007-2009: Ros Casares Valencia (Spain)

Milton-Jones has received numerous awards and honors, some of which are listed below.

• List of Florida Gators in the WNBA
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of Olympic medalists in basketball
• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida Olympians
• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members