June Sheldon Jones III was born on February 19,1953 and is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons.
17 Facts About June Jones
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June Jones reunited with Glanville upon joining the Atlanta Falcons organization in 1991 as its assistant head coach.
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In 1994, June Jones replaced Glanville as the team's head coach, a move that caused a rift between the two.
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June Jones returned to coaching when the San Diego Chargers hired him as quarterbacks coach on January 20,1998.
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On October 13,1998, head coach Kevin Gilbride was fired after the sixth game and June Jones became the interim head coach.
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June Jones joined the University of Hawaii-Manoa 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.
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June Jones was injured in a car accident on February 22,2001, missing the spring season because of his injuries.
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June Jones negotiated a contract worth $800,016 during the 2004 season, which made him the highest-paid public employee in the state, even though the football team was struggling.
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Frustrated with what he viewed as a lack of support from the university, June Jones opted to leave Hawaii at the end of the 2007 season.
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However, June Jones contacted Hawaii on January 7,2008, and let them know he had decided to accept an offer from SMU.
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June Jones was the school's fifth coach since the NCAA-imposed "death penalty" in 1987.
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The 2009 season saw June Jones utilize the ground game more than in recent seasons.
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June Jones led SMU to its third bowl-eligible season, and to its first bowl game since the 1984 Aloha Bowl and the NCAA-imposed death penalty.
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On September 8,2014, June Jones stepped down as coach of the Mustangs, citing "personal issues".
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In December 2016, June Jones was named director of athletics at Saint Louis School and the door was left open for him to step into the football coach's job, if it opened.
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June Jones initially intended to stay on in 2019 as associate head coach and offensive coordinator but departed May 13,2019.
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On May 20,2019, the XFL confirmed it had hired June Jones to serve as its Houston franchise's head coach.