Joe Kines was born on July 13,1944 and is a former American football player and coach.
15 Facts About Joe Kines
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Joe Kines spent most of his coaching career as an assistant in college football ranks, and twice serving as an interim head coach: in 1992 at the University of Arkansas after the firing of Jack Crowe after Arkansas's first game, and in 2006 at the University of Alabama after the dismissal of Mike Shula.
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Joe Kines holds both bachelor's and master's degree's from Jacksonville State University.
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Joe Kines is married to the former Rubye Bell and they had one daughter, Susan Joe Kines Langston, who was killed in a car crash on June 28,2010, and two grandsons that survived the crash.
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Joe Kines began his coaching career at his alma mater, where he served as assistant coach and defensive coordinator through the 1976 season.
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In 1979, Joe Kines became linebackers coach at the University of Florida under Charley Pell.
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In 1985 and 1986, Joe Kines was the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at the University of Alabama before leaving with Ray Perkins to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Joe Kines served as the Buccaneers' linebacker coach from 1987 to 1990.
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Joe Kines returned to college coaching in 1991 as the defensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas and was promoted to interim head coach of the Razorbacks in 1992 when Jack Crowe was fired following a season-opening loss to The Citadel.
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Joe Kines was Arkansas' assistant head coach and defensive coordinator from 1993 to 1994 under Danny Ford before moving on to the University of Georgia, where he served as the Bulldogs' defensive coordinator from 1995 to 1998 and as assistant head coach in 1999.
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In 2000, Joe Kines left Georgia to become linebackers coach at Florida State University under head coach Bobby Bowden.
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Joe Kines returned as defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama in 2003 and remained in that position until head coach Mike Shula was fired on November 27,2006.
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New Alabama head coach Nick Saban did not retain any of Shula's staff; however, Joe Kines was hired as an officer with Tide Pride, which is responsible for helping to fund scholarships, generating revenue for capital improvements, and supporting the "Million Dollar Band", among other activities.
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Joe Kines initially did not show interest to the position, but after he exchanged words with Sherman in an interview, he accepted.
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Joe Kines has called the Aggie defensive squad "awful, and that's being real polite" in the 2008 preseason.