June Jones
| June Jones | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | University of Hawaiʻi | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 64-40 | |
| Born | February 19 1953 | |
| Place of birth | Portland, Oregon | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | NCAA: 64-40 Bowl Games: 4-1 NFL: 22-36 |
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| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 1999 Western Athletic Conference Co-championship | ||
| Awards | ||
| 1999 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year 1999 The Sporting News National Coach of the Year 1999 American Football Coach/Schutt Sports National Coach of the Year 1999 CNN/Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year 2006 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1971-72 1973-74 1975-76 |
University of Oregon University of Hawaiʻi Portland State University |
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| Position | Quarterback | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1999-present 1998 1994-1996 1998 1991-1993 1989-1990 1987-1988 1986 1985 1984 1983 |
University of Hawaiʻi San Diego Chargers, (Interim) Atlanta Falcons San Diego Chargers, Quarterbacks Atlanta Falcons, Asst. Head Coach Detroit Lions, Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers Houston Oilers, Quarterbacks Ottawa Roughriders, Offensive Asst. Denver Gold, Offensive Coordinator Houston Gamblers, Wide Receivers University of Hawaiʻi, Quarterbacks |
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June Sheldon Jones, III (born February 19, 1953, Portland, Oregon) is an American football coach, formerly with the Atlanta Falcons and currently with the University of Hawaiʻi.
Playing career
Jones played the quarterback position on three college teams: Oregon (1971-1972), Hawaii
(1973-1974), and Portland
State (1975-1976). It is during his time at Portland State
that he would be introduced to the Run & Shoot offense by Mouse Davis. It would be an offense that he would later champion throughout his coaching career. Thereafter,
he entered professional football, playing for the Atlanta Falcons (1977-1981) of the National Football League and the
Coaching career
In 1983, Jones started his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Dick Tomey at the University of Hawaii. He then spent two years in the USFL, first as the wide receivers coach for the Houston Gamblers (1984), then as the offensive coordinator for the Denver Gold (1985). Following the demise of the USFL, Jones spent the 1986 season working as an offensive assistant for the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. In 1987, he got his first NFL coaching position serving as the quarterbacks coach on Jerry Glanville's staff with the Houston Oilers. After Glanville was released by the Oilers, he would join the Detroit Lions coaching staff upon the recommendation of Mouse Davis, his college head coach at Portland State who was serving as the team's offensive coordinator.
Atlanta
Jones reunited with Glanville upon joining the Atlanta Falcons organization in 1991 as its assistant head coach. In 1994, Jones replaced Glanville as the team's head coach, a move that caused a rift between the two. Reportedly, they did not speak to each other for several years thereafter. [2] As head coach, Jones' installed the Run & Shoot offense he learned under Mouse Davis. Initially, Quarterback Jeff George flourished under the system, passing for 3,734 yards and 23 touchdowns in Jones' first year and 4143 yards and 24 touchdowns his second year. In 1995, Jones' second season as head coach, the Falcons went to the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Green Bay Packers. The following year, the Falcons posted a 3-13 record, leading to Jones' dismissal. Jones' coaching record over three seasons in Atlanta was nineteen wins and twenty-nine losses.[3] He also clashed with quarterback Jeff George during his final season, including a well publicized and widely broadcast shouting match during a September 23 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The feud contributed to both mens' release by the organization.[4] [5] [6]
San Diego
Jones returned to coaching when the San Diego Chargers hired him as quarterbacks coach on January 20, 1998. On October 13, 1998, head coach Kevin Gilbride was let go after the sixth game and Jones became the interim head coach. In games coached by Jones, the Chargers won three of ten games, giving Jones a career NFL coaching record of 22 wins and 36 losses.[7]
Hawaii
Jones joined the University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa football team as head coach, replacing Fred von Appen, who was fired when the team lost 18 games in a row, including all twelve games in the 1998 season. Jones led the Warriors to a 9-4 record and a share of the Western Athletic Conference football championship in the 1999 season, making it the most dramatic turnaround in NCAA football history.[8] With Jones's success on the field, and media-friendly persona off the field, he instantly became one of the most famous people in Hawaii, with some people making "June Jones for Governor" T-shirts.[9]
During his tenure at Hawaii, he has coached five All-Americans, 52 all-conference performers, and eight NFL draft picks. In particular, Jones claims to have made a special effort to recruit local talent in his players and coaching staff. One of the most notable of his recruits was quarterback Timmy Chang, who became the all-time NCAA leader in passing yardage.[10]
Jones nearly died in a car accident on February 22, 2001, missing the spring season because of his injuries.[11]
On December 24, 2006, Jones passed Dick Tomey to become the winningest head coach in Hawaii football history (against an all-college schedule) with a 41-24 victory over Arizona State in the 2006 Hawaii Bowl. As for the recruits that Jones usually goes for as a coach, the profiles of typical targets are: (1) Polynesian kids, (2) kids who have lived in Hawaii or have family here, (3) military kids with no permanent home, (4) kids recovering from injuries and (5) kids from broken homes, (6) the rare kid from the penal system.[12] "Some of my best players I've recruited out of jail," Jones says in reference to current quarterback Colt Brennan's past legal troubles.[13]
Criticism
Jones' time in Hawaii has not been without controversy. He has set new precedents as head coach, and some fault him for discarding long-standing traditions.[14] After his first season, he made several changes to the identity of the football team, including changing the name of the football team from "Rainbow Warriors" to simply "Warriors."
During the 2004 season, after negotiating a contract with a $800,000 annual salary making him the highest-paid public employee in the state, he faced discontent from fans, faculty and media about his struggling team.[15] The team eventually finished with a 7-5 regular season and a victory in the Hawaii Bowl.
Jones has been criticized for rarely running the ball, preferring a wide-open pass-heavy offense. Many college football followers disagree with Jones's Run & Shoot approach, but the success of his quarterbacks (most notably Timmy Chang and Colt Brennan) have pointed out to some people that the pass-happy offense that Jones runs is effective, and his teams can score and win off of it.
Coaching Record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Rank# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Warriors (Western Athletic Conference) (1999 — present) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Hawaii | 9-4 | 5-2 | T-1st | |||||
| 2000 | Hawaii | 3-9 | 2-6 | T-6th | |||||
| 2001 | Hawaii | 9-3 | 5-3 | T-4th | |||||
| 2002 | Hawaii | 10-4 | 7-1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2003 | Hawaii | 9-5 | 5-3 | T-4th | |||||
| 2004 | Hawaii | 8-5 | 4-4 | 5th | |||||
| 2005 | Hawaii | 5-7 | 4-4 | 5th | |||||
| 2006 | Hawaii | 11-3 | 7-1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2007 | Hawaii | 7-0 | 4-0 | 1st | |||||
| Hawaii: | 71-40 | 43-24 | |||||||
| Total: | 71-40 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
NFL
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| ATL | 1994 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3rd in NFC West | - | - | - | - |
| ATL | 1995 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in NFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Green Bay in Wild Card Round. |
| ATL | 1996 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 4th in NFC West | - | - | - | - |
| Atlanta Total | 19 | 29 | 0 | .396 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |||
| SD† | 1998 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 5th in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| San Diego Total | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
| Total | 22 | 36 | 0 | .348 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |||
† Became interim head coach when Kevin Gilbride was fired after the sixth game of the season
References
- ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/JoneJu00.htm
- ^ Tsai, Stephen (Aug 3,), "Glanville devoted to football and Jones", The Honolulu Advertiser, <http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Aug/03/sp/508030333.html>
- ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JoneJu0.htm
- ^ http://www.nflhistoryguide.com/af/history.htm
- ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/29/SPGFCKQUQ01.DTL
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E0D91F3DF937A1575AC0A960958260
- ^ http://www.chargers.com/history/chronology_90s.htm
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03EFDC113DF931A15752C0A9669C8B63
- ^ http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/23/features/story1.html
- ^ http://starbulletin.com/2004/11/07/sports/story2.html
- ^ http://starbulletin.com/2001/02/23/news/story1.html
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3038443
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3038443
- ^ http://starbulletin.com/2004/08/27/news/story2.html
- ^ http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/2431864/detail.html
External links
- June Jones on UH Athletics website
- e-Hawaii Stars page
- The Honolulu Advertiser: "June Jones file"
- June Jones Foundation
| Preceded by Jerry Glanville |
Atlanta Falcons Head
Coaches 1994–1996 |
Succeeded by Dan Reeves |
| Preceded by Kevin Gilbride |
San Diego Chargers Head
Coaches 1998 (Interim) |
Succeeded by Mike Riley |
| Preceded by Fred von Appen |
Hawaii Warriors Head
Coaches 1999– |
Succeeded by current |
| Atlanta Falcons head coaches |
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| Hecker • Van Brocklin • Campbell • Peppler • Bennett • Henning • Campbell • Hanifan • Glanville • Jones • Reeves • W. Phillips • J.L. Mora • Petrino |
| Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers Head Coaches |
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| Gillman • C. Waller • Svare • R. Waller • Prothro • Coryell • Saunders • Henning • Ross • Gilbride • Jones • Riley • Schottenheimer • Turner |
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