 Jones at 2015 Sun Belt Media Day | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 29, 1962 Mobile, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1983 | Alabama |
| 1983–1985 | Birmingham Stallions |
| 1986 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1990 | Briarwood Christian (AL) School (Assistant) |
| 1991–1993 | Dora (AL) HS |
| 1996–2005 | Mountain Brook (AL) HS |
| 2006–2007 | Birmingham–Southern |
| 2008–2017 | South Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 55–57 (college) 125–38 (high school) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Joseph Russell Jones (born October 29, 1962) is an American college football coach who did serve as the head football coach at the University of South Alabama.
Playing career edit
Jones is a graduate of Mobile's Murphy High School. He played college football for coach Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. Jones lettered with the Tide from 1979 to 1983, graduating with a degree in business administration.[1] As a wide receiver, he tallied 71 receptions, 1,386 yards and 15 touchdowns. He ranked third among Alabama's career touchdown receivers and seventh in career receiving yards. He was named All-SEC as a senior and chosen to participate in the Senior Bowl. He was a member of the University of Alabama's All-Decade Team for the 1980s and played professionally with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League and the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.[2]
Coaching career edit
In 1989, Jones took his first coaching job as an assistant coach on the Briarwood Christian School staff in Birmingham, Alabama. After two years at Briarwood, he took the job as head coach at Dora where he led his team to a 24–11 record over three seasons. In 1996, Jones was hired as the head coach at Mountain Brook High School. At Mountain Brook, he led his team to the 1996 Class 6A state championship game, four region titles, two semifinal appearances and three quarterfinal appearances. Jones went 101–27 over ten seasons in charge of the Spartans.
After compiling a .767 winning percentage as an Alabama high school coach, Jones was hired as the new head coach at Birmingham–Southern College, where he led the team to a 1–7 record in its first season in NCAA Division III football in 2007. Jones was the first coach of the Panthers since 1939, when the football program was disbanded.
After only one season at BSC, Jones accepted the same position at the University of South Alabama in February 2008.[3] He was the first coach for the Jaguars and was in charge of creating the program. The team began play in 2009, and joined the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-A) in 2012 as members of the Sunbelt Conference.
Jones led South Alabama to a 23–4 record in his first three seasons at South Alabama as Division-I FCS independent. After initially struggling after moving to the Sun Belt Conference with a 2–11 record in 2012, the team has since improved and posted a winning record against in-conference competition. The 2014 season saw South Alabama selected to the 2014 Camellia Bowl, their first bowl game which they lost to Bowling Green 33–28.
On November 20, 2017, Jones announced he would resign from his position as head coach following the 2017 season.[4]
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2007) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Birmingham–Southern | 3–7 | 1–7 | ||||||
| Birmingham–Southern: | 3–7 | 1–7 | |||||||
| South Alabama Jaguars (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2009–2011) | |||||||||
| 2009 | South Alabama | 7–0 | |||||||
| 2010 | South Alabama | 10–0 | |||||||
| 2011 | South Alabama | 6–4 | |||||||
| South Alabama Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2012 | South Alabama | 2–11 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
| 2013 | South Alabama | 6–6 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2014 | South Alabama | 6–7 | 5–3 | T–4th | L Camellia | ||||
| 2015 | South Alabama | 5–7 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2016 | South Alabama | 6–7 | 2–6 | T–8th | L Arizona | ||||
| 2017 | South Alabama | 4–8 | 3–5 | T–8th | |||||
| South Alabama: | 52–50 | 18–29 | |||||||
| Total: | 55–57 | ||||||||
Honors edit
In 2011, Jones was chosen to be inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
Personal life edit
Jones is married to Elise Jones, have three children, Joe Jr., Jake and Caroline.[6]
In 1985 Jones Published his book, "In Good Hands", a diary of the transition at the University of Alabama's football team from Coach Bear Bryant to Coach Ray Perkins.[7]
References edit
- ^ Alabama Crimson Tide 1982 Roster
- ^ NFL.com player page
- ^ "Joey Jones Named First Football Coach at South Alabama" (University of South Alabama Press Release, February 15, 2008)
- ^ "Jones Announces Resignation as South Alabama Football Coach". 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ http://usajaguars.com/news/2011/2/14/FB_0214115239.aspx
- ^ "College Football Wives 2015: South Alabama wife Elise Jones on sex before marriage, her hubby's admirers". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ Jones, Joey (1985). In Good Hands. Albright. ISBN 9780932919014.
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