77-Year-Old Coaches Kids on the Basketball Court — and in Life: 'I'll Coach for as Long as I Can'
Photo: Courtesy Lurline JonesIn the nearly six decades thatLurline Jones has been a basketball coach, she’s made sure that her guidance doesn’t just stay on the court.Since 77-year-old Jones took her first coaching job at a Philadelphia girls school in 1966,more than 300 of her studentshave gone on to college on athletic scholarships — and four have earned coveted spots in the WNBA.“There’s something in my blood that says I want to coach,” Jones tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newstands Friday....